Child Beater, The

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You You You You You Oh My god What have I done His arm His arm it looks so It looks so terrible Why Why did I do it oh god Can't get it out of my mind Like I'm still doing it No, no leave me alone Getaway Getaway No Stop it Why it was so good I Was so happy We had such a wonderful place to live Oh my sweet John How content and happy Picnics most of all so hard to get them organized, but it was all worth it after we got there We all felt the warm Full bellies and full hearts Funny how I never really appreciated how much fun it was just to go to the movie Simple things seem so important now Lazy days at the beach were wonderful How the children loved their daddy He was so good with them He was so good with them Oh god how close we were Those little conversations about nothing what I wouldn't give for something like that now They were so proud of our new kitchen how I used to love it when you would come up behind me and kiss me John you could always make me laugh Nothing seems funny now Last time we went bowling That was the only time I ever beat you and made you carry home both balls Your pride was hurt It was so terrible Oh John I need you so much Just like that everything gone what happened I don't even understand the words they used to tell me why you died Oh Why should this happen to us Oh John what am I going to do without you I have no strength Oh How I hated to move into this awful place The nights are so terrible If only I could sleep Oh God I'm so alone Funny how important buying a dress can seem when you have nothing.

Oh My god John are you real am I losing my mind? Oh, please come back I Making excuses everything just piled up.

I Know what that final blow was Was that awful day Oh Oh I Lost all control Why couldn't I pull myself together why The kids seem so demanding there was so much to do Walls were closing in on me.

I was exhausted So ashamed he wasn't Nothing was going right so alone I couldn't rest Please stop Be quiet Oh Let me have just a little I can't stand it leave me alone Oh My god, what have I done Oh Help somebody somebody help me.

Don't let him die I Understand now I can't forgive myself, but I know what happened I'm going to be all right now.

I know it.

I'm so thankful.

It wasn't worse I This is the first time that I felt some peace We are going to have a good life There was an ancient legend which states It was dusk when I neared the mountain and at its base.

I perceived what appeared to be a beast But as I drew near I saw that it was a man When I reached him I found that He was my brother

Identifier

F.2014-06-0006

Date Of Production

1968

Abstract

A photo-montage film that presents a dramatized and singular instance of child abuse. As the narrator states, the film “strives for an understanding of a unique problem.”

Run Time

0:14:35

Format

16mm

Extent

500 feet

Color

B&W

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Genre

Medical (Non-fiction)

Form

Short

Subject

Families
Children
Health

Related Collections

Jerome L. Schulman Collection

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago

Sponsor/client

Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago)

Additional Credits

Walker, William S. (music)

Schulman, Lenore (is contributor)

Blank, Charlotte (is contributor)

Poole, Lynn (is contributor)

Manda, Gary (is contributor)

Schulman, Jerome L. (is writer)

Participants And Performers

Zalutsky, Marlene (is participant)

Cooper, John (is participant)

Stewart, Shawn (is participant)

Stanzler, Jeffrey (is participant)

Stanzler, Peter (is participant)

Stanzler, Mark (is participant)

Babcock, Frank (is narrator)

Cudahy, Frances (is participant)

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