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Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook (1996)
Don't View Through A Modern Lense
6 October 2022 - 0 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
First off this was originally made in 1996. So if you're super sensitive to words and get offended easily, I'd avoid this documentary. It follows survivors of Willowbrook that was shut down in the 70's for special needs children. So the wording reflects the times. Take the context for the times but understand the words used then aren't acceptable now. But again, this was 1996 and they're speaking as they were in the 70's. But otherwise it was fascinating to see how far we've come as a society. The abuse of the residents is absolutely heartbreaking. But the mentality of putting "undesirables" away is no longer what today's society does. It's real eye opening of how things used to be as opposed to how it is now.
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