I AM TRYING TO CONTACT SOME OF THE FILMMAKERS FROM MY CLASS. IF YOU WENT TO OTISVILLE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DID IN THE YEARS 1968-1973 PLEASE EMAIL ME AT deedeehalleck@gmail.com WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS.

From 1969 until 1973 there was a 16mm film program at Otisville School for Boys, an institution run by the NY State Division for Youth. Boys from the age of 14-17 were remanded there for periods up to 18 months. Many were just PINS (Persons in Need of Supervision is the states category) who had had fights with their parents or been truants from school. Other were there for drugs, robbery and even homicide.

Sunday, November 8, 2015

This was the room at Otisville which was painted and organized by the students.
This is the installation in Catskill, NY  re-created by Claudia McNulty and DeeDee Halleck
This is the back of the post card announcing the exhibit
This is Geronimo. We hung this poster on the door in Otisville.
Geronimo hangs on the door of the exhibit also.
This is one of the Otisville artists and some of his work. The paintings were also part of the installation.
Photographs and text from my diary were also posted.
Raymond Lee getting a shot of a pool game for Lefty Diaz’s film
Jose and Kevin writing the script for Get on the Good Foot
The titles were the 1950s style 3D ceramic ones.




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  1. UnknownOctober 11, 2018 at 8:29 PM

    IPETE AQUILA ENTERED OTISVILLE IN 1969 IN LINCOLN COTTAGE NORTH SIDE WITH MR. FOX AND HIS WIFE MRS.FOX, AND I MUST SAY THAT WAS SOME OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE I DID HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DRUGS,
    MR. SEAMAN I WILL NEVER FORGET DEE DEE DID MOST OF HER WORK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OTISVILLE

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    1. UnknownOctober 11, 2018 at 8:35 PM

      OTISVILLE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON ME THAT AFTER I LEFT IN
      1970 I RETURNED 2YEARS LATER AS A VISITOR AND SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR WITH MR. SEAMAN AGAIN.P.S GOD BLESS PETE AQUILA.

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