Sem Desculpas

Without Apology

Documentário, 73min
EUA, 2004
Direção: Susan Hamovitch
Produção: Susan Hamovitch

Em 1950, Alan, irmão da diretora Susan Hamovitch, nasceu com sérios problemas cerebrais. Em 1958, ele foi enviado para Letchworth Village, uma instituição para pessoas com retardo mental. Depois disso, quase todos os comentários sobre ele cessaram e, subitamente, ele se transformou num segredo. Neste documentário, Susan Hamovitch tenta reconstruir o passado de sua família, vencendo a insegurança e possibilitando um encontro novo e único com seu irmão.

Alan, director Susan Hamovitch´s brother, was born in 1950 with a brain so severely damaged he would never develop the ability to speak. Alan became a secret suddenly. In 1958, he was sent to live in Letchworth Village, a state-run institution for people with mental retardation. And after that day, almost all mention of him within the home virtually ceased. The shroud of secrecy that surrounded Alan’s disappearance has prompted the filmmaker to probe delicately but persistently beneath the surface of the family’s silence: to find answers to why and how Alan’s placement occurred, and why so much was left unsaid.

Prêmios: BAC Festival – Best Feature Documentary; Hearts and Minds Film Festival – 2nd place Audience Award, Feature Documentary.