Willful Neglect Full Documentary: The story of the abandoned Fernald Developmental Center

A documentary about the past, present, and future of the now abandoned fernald developmental center: one of America’s most notorious and historically significant psychiatric institutions. A follow-up of sorts to the 2004 documentary front wards, back wards.

Resources:
Waltham politics fernald page: https://www.walthampolitics.com/ferna...
Trapelo road website: https://www.190trapelo.com/
Photographic documentation of buildings: https://fernaldstateschool.com/Appendix with information sources, photo sources, transcript, and equipment used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B...
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Credits:
Primary filmmaker/writer/producer/director/editor/etc: Liam Beretsky-Jewell
Research assistance: Ben Van Ryn
Some shots provided by @craftnut on YouTube
Some photos provided be Kai Chin

Contact me with inquiries or private comments at
ljewell62@proton.me

Contact information of Waltham city councilors:
Phone numbers: https://www.city.waltham.ma.us/city-c...
Emails: https://www.city.waltham.ma.us/city-c...

Music used:
George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Just As Soon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/
With a Stamp by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
Music provided by Millennials Melody Originals Watch: https://b.link/whk4d Free Download / Stream: https://b.link/z8bvx
Cold Blue and Feels Provided by the YouTube audio library

0:00 Intro
2:00 History
18:00 Post-abandonment
21:35 Historic preservation and architecture
30:25 The future of Fernald
44:40 Conclusion, with personal anecdotes