Prisoners of incest

Through the re-enactment, by actors, of a family group therapy session, this program documents the family trauma of incest. Members of the family meet together with a psychiatrist and a social worker to try and sort out their emotional reactions to their problem.

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Credits

producer

Robin Brightwell

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016785

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Incest

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1983

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