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A Way Out of the Wilderness

1968 | 30m | English

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Director: Dan E. Weisburd
Writer: Dan E. Weisburd
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A Way Out of the Wilderness is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Dan E. Weisburd. It describes and illustrates steps being taken by the Plymouth State Home and Training School, Northville, Michigan, to bring mentally impaired children out of the wilderness into the mainstream of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Release Date: Jan 01, 1968
Director: Dan E. Weisburd
Writer: Dan E. Weisburd
Genres: Documentary
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Name Character
Lorne Greene Narrator
Name Job
Dan E. Weisburd Writer, Director
Jimmy Bond Music
Ove Sehested Sound
Jean Mickels Cinematography
Wilton Chase Editor
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Dan E. Weisburd Producer
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Geronimo1967
6.0

Some of the language here is a bit on the pejorative side, but the underlying message contained in this documentary is quite effective at illustrating the problems of the profoundly handicapped people for whom society really only has one solution. Institutionalising them. A single camera follows the ... daily trials and tribulations of people struggling with disabilities that affect everything from their brain function to their mobility. What's a little more distinctive here is that the focus is more on able-bodied people learning to adapt to their world, not the other way round. Can we find common ground, but more on terms easily accessible and acceptable to people who cannot (or will not) understand? Belligerence is rife and the skills of the professionals here is to peacefully mitigate tha,t keeping tempers down, options open and allowing for all to retain their dignity. The production is basic, but that's fine - it allows the focus to fall squarely on the "patients" and the patience. It's dated, but it's still an useful retrospective on just how scared we were of stigma and the unknown.

May 21, 2024