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Secret of the wild child / written, produced and directed by Linda Garmon ; a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with BBC-TV, NDR International Hamburg and Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting.
LIBRA DVD 013 075
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rymer, Russ--Film adaptations.
- Rymer, Russ.
- Lane, Harlan, 1936-2019--Film adaptations.
- Lane, Harlan.
- Shattuck, Roger--Film adaptations.
- Shattuck, Roger.
- Lane, Harlan, 1936-2019.
- Psycholinguistics--Case studies.
- Psycholinguistics.
- Children--Language--Case studies.
- Children.
- Sociolinguistics--Case studies.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Genie, 1957-.
- Genie.
- Abused children--California--Biography.
- Abused children.
- Child development deviations.
- Wild Boy of Aveyron.
- Language acquisition.
- Biography.
- Children--Language.
- California.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Television adaptations.
- Television series.
- Case studies.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on container: Revealing story of Genie
- Place of Publication:
- [South Burlington, VT] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2006]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Examines the case of 'Genie,' a girl whose parents kept her locked in a bedroom in total isolation, until she was discovered in 1970 at age 13. At first, her rehabilitation seemed to be an opportunity to test hypotheses of language acquisition, but disputes about the nature of her disabilities, the intensity of her therapy, and the progress of government funded research turned Genie's case into a sad example of the ethical quandaries of research on human subjects. Genie's case is compared to that of the 'Wild boy of Aveyron,' a sensation of 19th century France.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Stacy Keach.
- Credits:
- Cinematographers, Don Lenzer, Boyd Estus; editor, Alexandra Anthony; music, Elmer Bernstein, Sheldon Mirowitz.
- Notes:
- Based on A silent childhood / by Russ Rymer, which was first published in the New Yorker, and on The wild boy of Aveyron / by Harlan Lane, and The forbidden experiment / by Roger Shattuck.
- Videodisc release of one episode of the television program Nova, originally broadcast in 1994.
- Special features: printable materials for educators, access to the Nova website.
- Aspect ratio 4 x 3.
- ISBN:
- 1593756720
- 9781593756727
- OCLC:
- 74752847
- Publisher Number:
- 783421359895
- WG35989 WGBH
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