Cradle of Hope
Title
Cradle of Hope
Description
Cradle of hope features the progress of twelve developmentally disabled men who belong to Carpenter's Hand. They help build baby cradles and then personally deliver them to needy mothers in the greater Buffalo area. This television special touches on the history of institutionalization in New York State and the changes that took place after the scandal of Willowbrook was exposed by TV muckraking journalist Geraldo Rivera.
Originally aired on WIVB-TV.
Contributor
Date
2000-12-25
Source
Rich Newberg Reports Collection
Publisher
WIVB (Television Station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)
Rights
Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Relation
Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Type
Moving Image
Format
video/mp4
Language
Collection
Citation
Newberg, Rich (Producer, Writer, Host) and Vetter, Tom (Producer, Photographer, Editor), “Cradle of Hope,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 24, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/1817.