FRED’S STORY: A documentary screening and discussion
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
5-6:30pm
Babbidge Library 2nd Floor, Video Theater 2 (2119A)
Please join us on Sep 24 at 5pm for a film screening and discussion that will shed light on the perspective of those who were residents of Mansfield Training School.
“Fred’s Story” is a 27-minute documentary about Fred Calabrese, who spent 30 years at Mansfield Training School after family members had him committed. The documentary was made by Eric Neudel in 1996 and features conversations with Fred, who lived and worked in Willimantic in the years following his release from Mansfield Training School. The documentary also includes archival film produced in 1964 by the Connecticut Department of Health promoting the school’s policies and procedures.
The screening in Video Theater 2 (2119A) at Babbidge Library, 2nd Floor, will be followed by a Q&A discussion with an interdisciplinary panel:
- Kathryn Hanewicz, MSW (Social Work): Director, Southbury Training School
- Nadia Scott (History): Doctoral Student, UConn
- Ashten Vassar-Cain (Human Rights): Graduate Student & MTS Memorial & Museum Contributor, UConn
This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by UConn’s Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies Program.
