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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Willowbrook at first glance
  • Life after Willowbrook
  • Family life
  • Improvements throughout history.