Secret of the wild child [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Linda Garmon ; a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with BBC-TV, NDR International Hamburg and Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting.
Based on A silent childhood by Russ Rymer. Special features: Printable materials for educators, access to the Nova website, scene selection. Originally broadcast in 1994 as an episode in the television series Nova.
Summary:
Examines the case of "Genie," a girl whose parents kept her locked in a bedroom in total isolation, until she was discovered in 1970 at age 13. At first, her rehabilitation seemed to be an opportunity to test hypotheses of language acquisition, but disputes about the nature of her disabilities, the intensity of her therapy, and the progress of government funded research turned Genie's case into a sad example of the ethical quandaries of research on human subjects.
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