November 20, 2015

Filmmaker Spends 6 Years Following Jailed Indiana Teenager With Developmental Disabilities


Filmmaker Karen Grau.

Filmmaker Karen Grau.

What happens to children with developmental disabilities that end up in a juvenile detention facility? Filmmaker Karen Grau of Calamari Productions spent six years following a jailed Indiana teenager who couldn’t read or write and had no family, guardian or legal counsel. WFYI’s Jill Ditmire invited Karen into the studio to talk more about her documentary “Children of the Dumping Ground.”

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