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The film is a cinéma vérité look at the lives of emotionally disturbed children housed in a facility named Warrendale, in Rexdale, Ontario, at the time a Toronto suburb. The facility was considered innovative and met with approval when it first opened in December 1965.
The great documentarian Allan King burst onto the scene in 1967 with Warrendale, a primal scream of a film set in an experimental Toronto home for emotionally disturbed children. With its fly-on-the-wall approach, this “actuality drama,” as Kin…
Warrendale was a center in Canada where emotionally disturbed children were brought to live in groups of 12, each with a trained staff of eight. A note at the beginning of the film emphasizes that these are not brain-damaged or retarded children.
Jun 22, 2023 · Released in 1967, the film captures the daily lives of emotionally disturbed children residing at the Warrendale Residential Treatment Center. Beyond its immersive portrayal, the documentary sparked controversy due to ethical concerns surrounding privacy and exploitation.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Canadian filmmaker Allan King made this cinéma vérité documentary over the course of five weeks at an Ontario group home for ...
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Overview. This ground-breaking cinéma-vérité classic documents five weeks in the lives of twelve residents of a home for emotionally disturbed children. It is the first in the form that King later described as actuality drama. All the action is spontaneous and undirected, with neither interviews nor narration. The theme is the outrage of life.
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Chronicles 7-weeks in the lives of 12 emotionally disturbed children and their therapist's experimental method of treatment at the Toronto-area Warrendale facility.
