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Article: `YELLOW BRICK ROAD' FOLLOWS A MOVING IF PATRONIZING PATH
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2005
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Most of the mentally impaired people in the documentary "Yellow
Brick Road" are adults. But Sandy Braun likes to call them "kids."
Program director of Long Island's ANCHOR (Answering the Needs of
Citizens with Handicaps through Organized Recreation), she sees in
them a childlike innocence and vulnerability. "I kind of feel like a
mom to them," she says affectionately.
But in the Cinemax movie, which premieres tonight at 7, she's more
than a mother to them. She's a teacher, a mentor, a cheerleader, a
friend. And a stage director, as she guides them through a production
of "The Wizard of Oz" during many months of rehearsal.
With great patience, a firm will, and admirable energy, Braun
helps ...