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Awards |
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Without Apology received the juried award for Best
Feature Documentary at the BAC
International Film Festival (May 14, 2005) |
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Without Apology wins second place as Best
Feature Documentary in the "Hearts
and Minds" Film Festival in Wilmington Delaware |
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Reviews |
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"An honest, tender, must-see documentary for anyone who cares
about people with significant cognitive disabilities and their
families, Without Apology tells a tale once lived
by thousands but until now revealed by few. By focusing on
the emotional struggles that she and her own parents endured
when, desperate for services, they sent her brother Alan to
an institution, Susan Hamovitch reveals one family's experience
in the days when solutions were scarce and shame was plentiful.
The result is a heart-rendering gem of history, biography,
and self-reflection—and the triumph of truth over secrets."
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Rachel Simon, author, Riding the Bus with My Sister |
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"Without Apology is an important piece—a story
both familiar and surprising. Susan Hamovitch has created
a significant work." |
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Karyl Caplan, Executive Director, ARC of Rockland |
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"Eloquent, powerful and complex." |
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Leonard Quart, contributing editor, Cineaste |
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"Susan Hamovitch's extraordinary film chronicles the
impact on a family when, on the best medical advice available
in the 1950s, an eight-year-old brother is disappeared from
the life of his devoted six-year-old sister. We follow
Ms. Hamovitch as she tries to make sense of her family's past,
arranges for her brother's current care, and plans for his
future. In doing so, Without Apology creates
an invaluable starting point for difficult—but necessary—discussions
of where we've been, where we are, and where we must go as
we care for our most vulnerable citizens. It's a remarkable
achievement, a testament to love without apologies, and a
film you won't soon forget." |
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Don Meyer, Director, Sibling Support Project of The Arc
of the United States |
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"I just think your film has such an amazing capacity
to benefit professionals working with atypically developing
individuals and their families. And, I think it has
the ability to help change social policy. I would really
love to see schools of Social Work (and special education...and...
so many others) utilize your film—all over the country." |
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Janet
Garretson, Social Worker, University of Washington
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"Thank you for bringing Without Apology into
my life and into the lives of so many others. It is a treasure
and a magnificent contribution." |
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Jan
Valle, Professor, Department of Disability Studies, City
College, City University of New York |
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