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Unforgotten : twenty-five years after Willowbrook /

Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with mental retardation that investigative journalist Geraldo Rivera famously criticized in the 1972 documentary film "Willowbrook : the last great disgrace". Twenty-five years later, Rivera look at the subsequent live...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: City Lights International (Firm), HeartShare, ABC News, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Fisher, Jack, Fisher, Danny, Warmflash, Stuart, Aiello, Danny, 1933-, Rivera, Geraldo, Greenfield, Hayes
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2013]
Subjects:
Willowbrook State School > Biography.
Intellectual disability facilities patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Children with mental disabilities > Institutional care > New York (State) > New York > History.
Developmentally disabled children > Institutional care > New York (State) > New York > History.
Intellectual disability facilities > New York (State) > New York > History.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Willowbrook State School.
Children with mental disabilities > Institutional care.
Developmentally disabled children > Institutional care.
Mental retardation facilities.
Mental retardation facilities patients.
New York (State) > New York.
Biography.
History.
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Summary:Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with mental retardation that investigative journalist Geraldo Rivera famously criticized in the 1972 documentary film "Willowbrook : the last great disgrace". Twenty-five years later, Rivera look at the subsequent lives of several former patients at Willowbrook, including adults who suffered overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, and abuse of all kinds as children.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996.
Special features: "Willowbrook : the last great disgrace" documentary film by Geraldo Rivera for ABC News; "Willowbrook : ten years later" news report by Geraldo Rivera for the ABC News television program "20/20"; Trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, NTSC ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Music composed and performed by Hayes Greenfield.