Upload

Willowbrook: the Last Great Disgrace - preview

STFFestival STFFestival·135 videos
1,339
334,214
Like     Dislike 23

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to like STFFestival's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to dislike STFFestival's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add STFFestival's video to your playlist.

Uploaded on Jul 28, 2009

This is a preview of a 28-minute documentary made in 1972 by Executive Producer, Albert T. Primo and correspondent Geraldo Rivera.

Focusing on the Willowbrook Institution located in Staten Island (one of the boroughs of NYC), NY, this film was one of the first exposés ever done on local television. As a result of this program airing on WABC-TV, the manner of treating people with disabilities was forever changed.

Streaming, download and DVD of this entire film is available on http://www.sproutflix.org/content/wil...

This 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

  • Support STFFestival

    Please select a donation value.

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

The interactive transcript could not be loaded.

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Ratings have been disabled for this video.
Rating is available when the video has been rented.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Top Comments

  • Collin Donovan

    my grandmother worked there from the 60's to 70's and she would actually bring some of those kids home with her due to sadness or feeling bad for them, she knew they were victims but she also needed a paycheck to feed her kids!

    · 66

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Collin Donovan's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Collin Donovan's comment.
  • plurp7

    i work for ARC in upstate NY... where this entire 28 min film is shown to us while beginning training to show just how this population was treated before people got together to stand to make a fair difference. thank you to all who have stood up for a better life for this community of people. we don't receive fair pay for the work we do, but we DO get to help assist to provide better opportunities than the people in this film ever got.

    · 26

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate plurp7's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate plurp7's comment.

All Comments (173)

Sign in now to post a comment!
  • CyndyNeg

    there is an identical one on long island..closed i am sure

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CyndyNeg's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CyndyNeg's comment.
  • setlasmon

    american horror story. both meanings.

    · 9

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate setlasmon's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate setlasmon's comment.
  • Betty Liem

    Who knew conditions like this ever existed, in the States?

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Betty Liem's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Betty Liem's comment.
  • doodles6112

    only one of the buildings on campus was part of willowbrook. i work at csi and most of the buildings were built after it was shut down

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate doodles6112's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate doodles6112's comment.
    in reply to StevieDisopolis (Show the comment)
  • Edward Chapman

    Oh what the heck.Everybody is a freak.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Edward Chapman's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Edward Chapman's comment.
  • eric1081

    This is horrible beyond words

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate eric1081's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate eric1081's comment.
  • carringtoncitynz

    Xnewtime is rite. Sorry but even nz has its secrets. They close down places and then stash (yes i did mean that) them into the patients into motels, hotels etc. No support just one soc wkr for so many. Youll be lucky even that.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate carringtoncitynz's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate carringtoncitynz's comment.
  • xnewtime

    No, i’m sorry, they are not. We would all love to be sure it has changed but no money, no care.

    · 2

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate xnewtime's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate xnewtime's comment.
    in reply to PlanetJigobotTV (Show the comment)
  • PlanetJigobotTV

    Back in the day it was acceptable to send your handicap to places like this... we new very little about mental health.... at least things are allot better now

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate PlanetJigobotTV's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate PlanetJigobotTV's comment.
  • Dawnswebdesigns

    Moving people around or calling it by another name (institution, group home, nursing home) don't stop the abuse. I know there's some abuse but most of these people suffered due to the lack of funding. If we just had one building to worry about it would free up some funding to go to it. Then we could do better background checks & hire more people.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Dawnswebdesigns's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Dawnswebdesigns's comment.
    in reply to VFE2010 (Show the comment)
  • Loading comment...
Loading...
Loading...
Working...
Sign in to add this to Watch Later