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Front wards, back wards / produced in association with the Independent Television Service and WGBH, Boston ; produced by the Coruway Film Institute ; [produced by Melissa Paly ; written, directed & produced by W.C. Rogers].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walter E. Fernald State School.
- Children with mental disabilities--Institutional care--Massachusetts--Waltham--History.
- Children with mental disabilities.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Massachusetts--Waltham--History.
- Psychiatric hospitals.
- Inmates of institutions--Abuse of--Massachusetts--Waltham--History.
- Inmates of institutions.
- Inmates of institutions--Abuse of.
- History.
- Child abuse.
- Children with mental disabilities--Institutional care.
- Massachusetts--Waltham.
- Child abuse--Massachusetts--Waltham--History.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Massachusetts--History.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Frontwards, backwards
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston, Massachusetts] : [Distributed by] The Fanlight Collection, [2017]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Charts the 160-year history of the Walter E. Fernald State School (now called the Fernald Center) in Waltham, Mass., the first public institution in the United States to serve individuals with developmental disabilities. Through the recollections of Fernald's staff, residents and families, this film profiles the evolution of attitudes toward people with mental disabilities in the United States.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Sean Glenn ; editor, Aaron Vega.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Coruway Film Institute, Inc., ©2007.
- Special features: Includes sort film My Uncle Joe.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 1, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- fn-wards Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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