A Way Out of the Wilderness

1968 Documentary 30 minutes Directed by Dan E. Weisburd

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About A Way Out of the Wilderness

The short follows the Plymouth State Home and Training School in Northville, Michigan, and the steps it takes to bring mentally impaired children into ordinary life.

Cast & crew

More about A Way Out of the Wilderness

Dan E. Weisburd produced this 30-minute documentary. Jimmy Bond is the Wikidata composer. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The Academy Film Archive preserved it in 2011.

Themes

  • a training school
  • children leaving an institution
  • Plymouth State Home
  • Northville
  • documentary
  • 1968

Music

Jimmy Bond is credited with the music on Wikidata.

Preservation

The Academy Film Archive preserved the film in 2011.

Notes

  • The school in the film is Plymouth State Home and Training School, Northville, Michigan.
  • The Oscar nomination is for Best Documentary Short. It is not listed as a win.
  • Preservation by the Academy Film Archive is dated 2011.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (A Way Out of the Wilderness (1968).webm)