When this feature-length documentary was released in 1967 it won critical acclaim around the world and, simultaneously, received a television ban that was to last more than thirty years. In the winter of 1966, director Allan King took his crew to a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed children in Toronto. The intention of Warrendale, an alternative to juvenile delinquent homes and psychiatric institutions, was to provide a “family,” an atmosphere of support in which children could feel safe communicating their feelings. The harsh reality however reveals an environment in which the boundaries of privacy, both psychic and physical, were eliminated in the name of treatment. Warrendale is an intense and profoundly moving documentary that will challenge viewers to rethink how our culture treats emotionally disturbed children.