Willowbrook The Film By Ross Cohen

-Synopsis-

In 1964, a young pediatrician begins his residency at Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, only to discover that the institution is conducting Army-funded experiments on developmentally disabled children. Based on true events, Willowbrook addresses the awful conditions in which people with developmental disabilities were warehoused and the controversial research experiments that took place in the 1960s

"Buddy's World" is proud to say that we helped fund

The Willowbrook Project at KickStarter!

 Our Credits in the film are to 

♥ Rubinstein -Taybi Syndrome Children Everywhere ♥

Watch the trailer 

[you can turn the music off at the bottom of this blog or not]

Box Office

Single tickets are now on sale! Check the Box Office for more details. Download a PDF of the 2012 Film Guide. Check our Maps page for directions to all venues: www.tribecafilm.com/maps.

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Sat	4/21	11:59PM	AMC Loews Village 7 - 1	Rush Tickets
Mon	4/23	2:30PM	AMC Loews Village 7 - 3	Rush Tickets
Sat	4/28	12:15PM	Clearview Cinemas Chelsea 6	Buy Tickets
Sun	4/29	7:30PM	Tribeca Cinemas Theater 2	Buy Tickets

About The Director

 

Born and raised in Liverpool, England, Ross moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to begin his MFA in Film Production at the prestigious USC School of Cinematic Arts. During his time at USC, Ross was awarded the Bill Mechanic Scholarship in 2008, the Tania Trepanier Scholarship in 2009 and in 2010 was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant to make Willowbrook.

His 16mm short film Last Day has screened at numerous film festivals around the world, including the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland, the Las Vegas Film Festival and the International Student Media Festival, where it won Best Short.

Ross produced a commercial for Cisco Systems featuring best selling author Tim Ferriss that gained the most online views in the 2009 Cisco Digital Cribs Contest and went on to win the Audience Choice Award. He has also directed numerous music videos including A Little Brighter for British singer/songwriter Pete Lawrie (Island Records).

In his spare time Ross enjoys playing his guitar, hiking the hills of Los Angeles and is currently writing a screenplay set in Liverpool in 1961 about original Beatles drummer Pete Best.

Get your copy of Willowbroook

 There  is still a considerable amount of money to be raised that they need to make dvds, enter the film into festivals, organize screenings and promote the movie. We need your help to make this possible. Any amount you can donate will tremendously help our efforts.


And if you donate $15 or more, they will send you a DVD copy of the movie!

GET THE MOVIE here : http://www.willowbrookmovie.com/

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Horrific Medical Testing at NYC School Exposed 

at Tribeca Film Festival 

MANHATTAN — A movie set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday exposes horrific medical tests that were conducted on mentally disabled children as recently as 40 years ago in Willowbrook State School, a former mental institution in Staten Island.

Read full article here: horrific-medical-testing

Recalling the horrors of Staten Island's 

Willowbrook State School

Published: Monday, April 02, 2012, 9:30 AM     Updated: Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 10:20 AM 

By Stephanie Slepian   

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a darkened room, the boy stares out a frost-covered window.  

 Read full article here: recalling_willowbrooks_horrors

Gallery: Willowbrook State School 

SEE FULL gallery/willowbrook HERE

This postcard depicts the former Willowbrook State School, which is now home to the College of Staten Island.

Patients are left without medical care at the former 

Willowbrook State School in this photo from 1972.

A patient at the former Willowbrook State School packages 

screws as part of a money-making venture.

A patient is left to himself in a large room at the former Willowbrook State School in 1971, the same year the school was exposed for its conditions.

More about Willowbrook

A scene from Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (1972)

Geraldo Rivera reporting from Willowbrook

 

 

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, 

at least do not harm them.
Dalai Lama

 

 

 

It's Coming! The New CushPad for iPad and FREE APP GIVEAWAY

This project goal was mad e and will be funded on Saturday Jun 2, 3:09am EDT. 
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What We've Been Waiting For

The NEW CushPad is COMING

The CushPad - A Pillow for Your iPad!

A Product Design project in Chicago, IL by Adam Raby

Isn't it COOL!

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Are you an iPad couch potato? An iPad night owl? 

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Adam the inventor of The CushPad
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Kickstarter is a platform where Project Creators run campaigns 

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Cool RIGHT!  

Kickstarter.com Terms of Use


How It works 
The KickStarter page will allow you to pre-purchase a new CushPad at a discount. However, you will only be charged if the funding goal is met. At that time they will  give their manufacturers the green-light and start cranking out the new CushPads to everyone who pledged.

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You can be a part of this project and get a 

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Adam has made a great video demonstrating
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Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords: Andy Richter Saddens the Universe

Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords: Andy Richter Saddens the Universe: 

When we talk about the dehumanization of people with disabilities, there's a general dismay that receives a certain amount of lip service, b...

Injini: Child Development Game Suite GIVEAWAY! (a $50 app!)

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We are all were saddened recently to find out that Project Injini, the makers of some terrific education apps, had come to an end after three years. The project was sponosored by developer NCSoft as a way to answer the question "What impact can game designers make in the lives of children with special needs?"

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Apps For Children With Special Needs

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Click the enter here link below: fill in the form if you have or work with a Child or Children with Special Needs. Please explain in detail how the iPad will help you and please choose 5 Apps that you consider would be helpful for your child and explain how and why. Gary will announce the winner of my iPad1 with over 200 Apps, that you and he will be able to go over before you receive it on, April 1st.

Gary will also maintain the iPad Apps for you making sure that he downloads new ones as they become available and if they suit your child and he will also take care of any updates needed.

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5 iPads for 5 Very Special People 

 

A4cwsn is giving 5 people the opportunity to get a Free iPad 2 from A4cwsn. A4cwsn wants to give this gift forward to those who spend their professional life helping Children. 

If you know a Teacher or Therapist that you would like to give an iPad to, then please fill in the form and follow instructions. The 5 people chosen will be given the iPad by the first person who NOMINATED them. 

For more Details

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On A4cwsn you can find a list of Apps on Video from A-Z, find the best apps for your child's needs, you can click on any title to see the review.

APPS Index A-Z

Please come join our community

Here are some great ways for you to support a4cwsn

You can purchase anything in iTunes via the Widgets on A4cwsn, 5% of your purchase will be given to A4 and will go towards iPads for Children with Special Needs, Thank You!.

 

 

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They considered giving away one of the new iPads or even a few iPad 2s but decided to get them in the hands of the most people possible by going with first-generation iPads that have been professionally refurbished and guaranteed by Apple itself.

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Over 1000 Unique and Exciting Products for Children of all Ages and Needs

Found this wonderful online store

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lot's of interesting products for our Special Needs Kids, very reasonably priced too.  


I'm very excited to share this awesome online store with you all.

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