Children of Darkness (1983)
January 1, 1983Release Date
Children of Darkness (1983)
January 1, 1983Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Peter Thomas
Narrator
Richard Kotuk
Self - Reporter
John Brooks
Self - Child Care Worker
Billy Calhoun
Self
Mary Calhoun
Self - Billy's Mother
Gerald Davidson
Self - Elan Psychiatrist
Alice Dunn
Self - Elan Therapist
Kenneth Kaufman
Self - Director of Treatment Services New York State Hospital
Brian Mcanally
Self
Jim Mcanally
Self
Joseph Ricci
Self
Ara Chekmayan
Director
Mark Williams
Self
Karen Butler
Associate Producer
Cheryl Miller Houser
Associate Producer
Kathy Kline
Coordinating Producer
Chuck Levey
Cinematographer
David R. Loxton
Executive Producer
Dave Clark
Sound
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Alan Lebow
Sound
Robert Rogow
Sound
Pedro Bonilla
Assistant Camera
Tony Cobbs
Assistant Camera
Herb Forsberg
Assistant Camera
Rick Malkames
Camera Operator
Bud Mikhitarian
Sound
Craig Mikhitarian
Camera Operator
Debby Sargeant
Assistant Camera
Joel Shapiro
Camera Operator
Bill Vasak
Assistant Camera
Lawrence Mischel
Negative Cutter
Anne Gorfinkel
Production Secretary
Carol Jenkins
Researcher
Maggie Kotuk
Art Designer
Karen Arikian
Thanks
Don Dixon
Thanks
Details.
Wiki.
Children of Darkness is a 1983 American documentary film on PBS produced by Ara Chekmayan and Richard Kotuk. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.It is about mentally ill and emotionally troubled children and young adults living in various private and public residences, state institutions, such as the Eastern State School in Pennsylvania, the Elan School in Poland, Maine, Sagamore Children's Center, a Long Island (state run) institution and South Beach in New York psychiatric hospital. It had interviews with various parents, including ones whose children died under suspicious circumstances while in custody as well as with various staff members who work with people who will carry their disabilities and illnesses all their lives, and the staff's awareness of their inability to cure them.
One of the drugs that caused patient deaths in the South Beach hospital is mesoridazine, which was withdrawn from the United States market in 2004 due to dangerous heart side effects. The Élan School closed in 2011 due to criticism of its alleged treatment of patients.