“Kings Park is one of the most important teaching tools I have encountered. It helps our psychiatry residents and medical students to see the relevance of their work within our mental health system. The film is also therapeutic, inspiring members of our Stories in Recovery group to film their own experiences with housing and psychiatric services.”
—Helena Hansen, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center
“Kings Park is a brave, compelling look at the life of a state mental hospital and those whose lives it has touched. Lucy Winer has thought long and hard about the subject, and brings to her film an admirable balance and depth, combined with sensitivity and even some humor. A brilliant exploration of a difficult and complex issue.”
—Oliver Sacks, MD, Best Selling Author & Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine
“Kings Park is a powerful film…a vehicle for broad public education. Looking to the future as well as the past, Kings Park provides astute historical perspective. Fifty years from now, will we condemn the present, while measuring progress with the same objectivity? I hope so.”
—Bob Carolla, Director of Media Relations, National Alliance on Mental Illness“
“Lucy Winer produced a film that required tremendous courage… It should be seen by all those who work with and care for the mentally ill and by all those who care about their future.”
—Benjamin Sadock, MD, Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine
What a beautiful, haunting and important film! In the course of my work I find it hugely important to offer some context for why things are as they are and not as they were supposed to be. Your film looks to be right on the mark.”
—Robert Bernstein, PhD, President &; CEO, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
“Rarely are we able to change attitudes through education; I believe this video has the potential to do so…I cannot recall ever using an educational video that holds student interest like this documentary does.”
—Susan D. Bassett, RN, MS, South Dakota State University, College of Nursing
“Kings Park is a fascinating and vivid exploration of the issue of institutionalization and was the highlight of our graduate-level mental health policy class last year. The film shows students the horrors of institutionalization as well as the challenges of community-based care. According to one student, ‘The documentary brought to light so many truths that have been hidden from the history books.’ I believe it was the most valuable lesson we taught last year.”
—Liz Sale, PhD, Director, Research and Evaluation, Research Associate Professor, Missouri Institute of Mental Health