Children of Darkness
57 mins
A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation from society while treating their issues in mental health facilities. But there's no end in sight for those young individuals when they face obstacles and mistreatment in inadequate places under the supervision of careless and inexperienced professionals. The documentary follows some of those public mental institutions and another private center dealing with troubled kids and reveals what's wrong with their procedures, and the irreparable harm they cause in those patients.
Richard Kotuk
Self - Reporter
John Brooks
Self
Billy Calhoun
Self
Mary Calhoun
Self
Gerald Davidson
Self
Alice Dunn
Self
Kenneth Kaufman
Self
Brian Mcanally
Self
Jim Mcanally
Self
Joseph Ricci
Self
Mark Williams
Self
Bud Mikhitarian
Sound
Ara Chekmayan
Writer
Rick Malkames
Camera Operator
Don Dixon
Thanks
Dave Clark
Sound
Robert Rogow
Sound
Craig Mikhitarian
Camera Operator
Karen Butler
Associate Producer
Lawrence Mischel
Negative Cutter
Alan Lebow
Sound
Carol Jenkins
Researcher
David R. Loxton
Executive Producer
Richard Kotuk
Writer
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kathy Kline
Coordinating Producer
Richard Kotuk
Producer
Joel Shapiro
Camera Operator
Bill Vasak
Assistant Camera
Maggie Kotuk
Art Designer
Ara Chekmayan
Producer
Anne Gorfinkel
Production Secretary
Karen Arikian
Thanks
Cheryl Miller Houser
Associate Producer
Tony Cobbs
Assistant Camera
Debby Sargeant
Assistant Camera
Pedro Bonilla
Assistant Camera
Herb Forsberg
Assistant Camera
Ara Chekmayan
Director
Richard Kotuk
Director
Chuck Levey
Director of Photography
Ara Chekmayan
Editor