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Unforgotten 25 Years After Willowbrook
Title
Unforgotten [electronic resource (video)] : 25 Years After Willowbrook / Fisher Klingenstein Ventures.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2012.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (111 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
In 1972, a young TV reporter named Geraldo Rivera exposed the horrific abuse of mentally disabled children at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York. This program contains Rivera's original report, Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace, and presents a follow-up film about former residents of the now defunct facility. Viewers meet two individuals who suffered for years at the notorious institution but subsequently flourished in group homes located close to their families. Another interviewee, afflicted with cerebral palsy, spent 18 years at Willowbrook after being misdiagnosed as "mentally retarded" at the age of 3. Parents and siblings of victims provide additional testimony while Rivera also appears in the updated account, reflecting on his experiences with Willowbrook. An often heartbreaking, ultimately life-affirming human rights story with broad implications for education and public health policy.
Variant and related titles
25 Years After Willowbrook
Twenty-five Years After Willowbrook
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Fisher Klingenstein Ventures, 2012.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
Willowbrook State School (4:21)
Visiting Willowbrook (4:49)
Life at Willowbrook (2:00)
Neglect at Willowbrook (3:13)
Willowbrook Interview (4:01)
Institutionalized after Misdiagnosis (2:29)
Childhood Fears about Willowbrook (3:23)
Time Lost at Willowbrook (3:11)
Embarrassment and Guilt (2:30)
Family Involvement in Care (4:01)
Jealousy, Guilt, and Perspective (5:36)
After Willowbrook (3:05)
Career After Willowbrook (1:25)
Rights for All (2:17)
Integration of Developmentally Disabled (3:16)
Indignities of Institutionalization (2:39)
Willowbrook Survivor Updates (2:10)
Credits: Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook (3:16)
Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (3:50)
Budget Cuts for Mental Hygiene (3:57)
Letchworth Village Rehabilitation Center (3:00)
Depositories for the Retarded (3:31)
Children's Hospital in Los Angeles (4:28)
New Horizon Workshop (2:26)
Improving Quality of Life (2:52)
Call for Change (2:00)
Credits: Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (1:09)
Willowbrook: Ten Years Later (2:26)
Cosmetic Cover Up at Willowbrook (3:18)
Cosmetic Cover Up at Letchworth Village (2:26)
Results of News Media Exposure (2:27)
Critical Problems at State School (2:09)
The Bronx Developmental Center (4:04)
Community Life for Mentally Disabled (3:08)
Nursing Home Conditions (2:06)
Shortage of Good Community Homes (3:28)
Videorecording number
53106 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Fisher Klingenstein Ventures.
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