-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
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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.| Fri | 4/20 | 6:00PM | AMC Loews Village 7 - 1 | Buy Tickets |
| 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!
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.
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!
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.
