Filmed in Germany and Austria, The Age of Fear: Psychiatry’s Reign of Terror, draws from over 80 interviews of psychiatric experts, historians and survivors. Containing shocking personal testimonies and stark inside footage, the documentary tells the true story of psychiatry’s sordid history and current practices, revealing how its reliance on brutality and coercion has not changed since the moment it was born.
I found this a very disturbing film. Growing up in the wake of World War II, the crimes of the Nazis were very real to me. But I had no idea that those who most influenced Hitler’s antisemitic policies were still in place and still suppressing large portions of the German society.
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