The Carrie Buck Story (1994 True Movie Starring Marlee Matlin) Part 2 of 6

. . . Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story

Carrie Buck is a young retarded woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after it's taken from her since Carrie has been declared mentally incompetent to raise her baby by herself.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 1994
• Based On A True Story
• Drama
• Marlee Matlin
• The L Word
• Melissa Gilbert
• Little House on the Prairie
• AllSortsOfStuff91
• AllSortsOfStuff101.

[24Scotian]

@allsortsofstuff101 - do you by any chance know the title of the movie that marlee matlin is in about the chidlren being held hostage ina deaf school or something similiar to that... im not asking youto post it but i cant seem to remeber the title of the movie jsut some of the scenes.

[AllSortsOfStuff101]

@24Scotian The film you’re looking for is called ‘Dead Silence’ it was made back in 1997. I hope that helps my friend. It’s my kind of movie to upload I might see if I can find it. Speak soon -Danny

[72Yonatan]

The movie skips over the fact that Carrie Buck was fully literate until her death in 1983. She was "put away" to hide the inconvenience of her having been raped by the nephew of her adopted mother.

[72Yonatan]

@nucleophilic03

Indeed it was a sad chapter - the enthroning of eugenics in many US states was a tragedy and I hope it will not be repeated.

[LaRaNaThA]

I think the only "feeble minded" people depicted in this movie are the ones who treat the mentally challenged like lesser people!!! Because they are NOT less!

[koln1996]

Nazi procedures!!!

[nucleophilic03]

@72Yonatan we studied her in my bioethics class. This was a sad time in America