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The Quiet one

A docu-drama account of a 10-year-old emotionally disturbed Black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured. Living in Harlem, the child withdraws within himself and drifts into delinquency. In rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School, the emotional damage has been so severe that he becomes the quiet one., An award-winning documentary drama. Donald Peters is a mentally disturbed boy, an only child, and the victim of a disrupted home in Harlem. At the age of ten he is sent to Wiltwyck School at Esopus, NY, a correction school for delinquent boys which was founded by the Protestant Episcopal Church. With the aid of the psychiatrist and counselors he receives the training and emotional comfort which help him rehabilitate his personality.

Credits

Directed by
Sidney Meyers
Written by
Helen Levitt
Cast
Don Thompson, Clarence Cooper, Jr., Sidney Meyers, Gary Merrill, Estelle Evans
Produced by
Janice Loeb
Cinematography
Helen Levitt
Music
Ulysses Kay
Edited by
Sidney Meyers

Copyright

Registered 1May78 · PA 9-073 (Jul-Dec 1978) Copyright holder: Film Documents Production company: Distributed by Texture Films; [s.l.]: released by Mayer-Burstyn

Complete catalog record
A docu-drama account of a 10-year-old emotionally disturbed Black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured. Living in Harlem, the child withdraws within himself and drifts into delinquency. In rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School, the emotional damage has been so severe that he becomes the quiet one.
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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q7759101 ↗ — country, credits
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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