Refrigerator Mothers (2003)

It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label of her own. She is a "refrigerator mother".

Released March 28, 2003 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, imdb.1960s, imdb.1950s, imdb.autism, imdb.societal-ignorance, imdb.autistic-child, aspectratio.1-33-1

Watch Providers: Cineverse

Country: United States
Languages: English