Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook (1996)

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NR | Documentary | Released: 10/25/1996

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Synopsis:

It was a nightmare that shocked not only New York, but all of America. The public outcry about the Willowbrook School (on Staten Island) for people with developmental disabilities resulted from Geraldo Rivera's award-winning series on WABC-TV in 1972. Viewers were stunned by coverage of residents with mental retardation and developmental disabilities sprawled naked on feces covered floors, being forced to eat their meals in two to three minutes, living and breathing filth. Willowbrook's idea of a shower was to gather 60 residents in a tiled room and hose them down. The public's outrage was so intense, that by 1975, a Federal Court ordered that institutional care be phased out and replaced with community based settings. The mentally retarded would no longer be shuffled off into "lunatic asylums." Instead, they would be given every opportunity to lead as constructive a life as possible.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/25/1996

Director	Credit
Jack Fisher	Director
Cast	Credit
Danny Aiello	Narrator - Narration
Geraldo Rivera	Himself
Production Credits	Credit
Katie Meskell	Executive Producer
Michael Cohen	Associate Producer
Danny Fisher	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
City Lights Pictures Releasing	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Castle Hill Productions Inc	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Stuart Warmflash	Screenplay
Film Camera	Credit
Eric Lau	Cinematographer - cinematography
Mark Kroll	Cinematographer - cinematography
Alan McPheely	Cinematographer - cinematography
Rich Mauro	Cinematographer - cinematography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
City Lights International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Hayes Greenfield	Music

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