Dormancy

Set in 1932, at the height of prohibition and the growing American eugenics movement, the state of Vermont passes a law allowing for sexual sterilization of "idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded or insane persons likely to procreate." Dormancy follows a young woman and her new husband who work the land and earn a small income herding sheep and working with lumber. The couple is lured into a rural clinic where they subjected to the sadistic goals of the doctors and eugenics field workers. For this modest family, life will never be quite the same...

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

16 minutes

Year:

2018

Director:

Luke Becker-Lowe

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Company:

ACID Digital Media Productions

Cast:

Jacob Cloutier

Emily Cloutier

Mother Ann

Dr. Geralds

Nurse #1

Crew:

Director

Writer

Producer

Cinematography

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