Film
Refrigerator Mothers
2003 · Documentary
- IMDb
- 8.8
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Overview
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
- David E. SimpsonDirector
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 28, 2003
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Genres
- Documentary
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