Unloved : Huronia's forgotten children.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Cohen, Barri, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with mental disabilities--Institutional care--Ontario--Orillia.

Children with mental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities--Abuse of--Ontario--Orillia.

People with mental disabilities.

Psychiatric hospitals--Ontario--Orillia--History.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:28:14)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2021.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

Time and again, we are confronted with the revelations of brutal legacies of violence and the damage wrought on traumatized lives. Indigenous children from residential schools, boys and girls in the hands of Catholic priests, elders locked up in nursing homes, and disabled, institutionalized children: what links their often-horrendous treatments, the ensuing lawsuits and class actions, and survivors' demands for apologies and reparations? Unloved explores this central question as the filmmaker sets out to uncover the mystery and story of Alfie and Louis, her two long-dead half-brothers whose lives were the product of the larger tragedy of North America's disastrous treatment of intellectually disabled children. The POV mystery story widens in focus to encompass the story of former institutional residents, like Pat Seth and Marie Slark — two survivors who launched a 2010 landmark class action lawsuit against the Province of Ontario (in Canada), seeking redress for the pain, suffering, abuse, and neglect inflicted upon thousands of children and youth institutionalized at Huronia from 1945 to 2009. It was the first such class action of its kind in Canadian history. Many of film's participants are former residents and staff from Huronia. Their testimony brings a rare and bracing glimpse into how they lived with daily incursions on their dignity without love.

Participant:

Director, Barri Cohen.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

1-03-625018-0

9781036250188

OCLC:

1543143183

Publisher Number:

302378