The stories of these programs that abused and tortured kids are not new. I have seen several before. And a big problem I have with them is not the kids (who are in many ways part of the problem) but for the parents who abdicated any responsibility to their children. That they had enough money to throw their children away to these "schools" in hopes of reprogramming their children. It's disgusting.
This is a watchable documentary but it suffers in many ways.
First, it suffers from this modern need to stretch a documentary to 3 or 4 hours, or longer, by pumping it full of repeated commentary and "evidence".
Second, it suffers from the fact that the former "students" were the creators of the documentary. Bravo! For rising above the experience but should they be the ones to drive the content of the doc?
Third, it fails to acknowledge the end results. While many of the former "students" suffered at the hands of the "administration", many of them appear to be well rounded and responsible members of society. Is that the impression they were trying to give in the doc? Or is that reality? And how were they able to overcome this trauma?
Don't get me wrong. The overall production is good. The information is good but it is over long for the results produced.
This is a watchable documentary but it suffers in many ways.
First, it suffers from this modern need to stretch a documentary to 3 or 4 hours, or longer, by pumping it full of repeated commentary and "evidence".
Second, it suffers from the fact that the former "students" were the creators of the documentary. Bravo! For rising above the experience but should they be the ones to drive the content of the doc?
Third, it fails to acknowledge the end results. While many of the former "students" suffered at the hands of the "administration", many of them appear to be well rounded and responsible members of society. Is that the impression they were trying to give in the doc? Or is that reality? And how were they able to overcome this trauma?
Don't get me wrong. The overall production is good. The information is good but it is over long for the results produced.