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Refrigerator Mothers (2003)
Directed by David E. Simpson
Documentary
It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label of her own. She is a "refrigerator mother".
Crew
- Director
- David E. Simpson
Details
- Release date
- 2003-03-28
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN