Infrequently civilized society discovers a truly wild child--one who has grown up in severe isolation with virtually no human contact. Genie's is such a case. She was found on Nov. 4, 1970 in Los Angeles locked in her room and tied to a potty chair. Although thirteen chronlogically she was very much infant-like in most aspects of development.
Infrequently civilized society discovers a truly wild child--one who has grown up in severe isolation with virtually no human contact. Genie's is such a case. She was found on Nov. 4, 1970 in Los Angeles locked in her room and tied to a potty chair. Although thirteen chronlogically she was very much infant-like in most aspects of development.
General Note
Title on video cassette label: Secrets of a wild child.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Title on tape labels: Secrets of a wild child.
Funding provided by Merck, Lockheed and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Based on "A silent childhood" by Russ Rymer, author of Genie: a scientific tragedy.
