Lest We Forget: Silent Voices - preview

This is a preview of Lest We Forget: Silent Voices, a 43-minute documentary by filmmaker Mark R. Lyons, and produced by Partners For Community Living.

The film chronicles the first person histories of people who lived in Ohio state institutions during the last years of institutionalization and the long journey home that is continuing today. While based in Ohio, the stories have national historical significance as a civil rights movement.

For additional information about this film please visit its details page: http://www.gosprout.org/film/info30.htm

This unique film is part of the Sprout Touring Film Festival (showcasing films related to the field of developmental disabilities). Click the following link to see a complete listing of all the films available through this festival: http://stff.gosprout.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• institutions
• mental
• retardation
• developmental
• disabilities
• sprout
• ohio

[RRRTommy]

Powerful. Nice work! This illustrates the fact that disabilities needs to be seen as a civil rights issue not as a mental health or educational issue. Doing this frames the issue differently, more powerfully and allows us to see legal and ethical ways of changing a broken system of labels and heirarchy.