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Set in 1932, at the height of prohibition and the growing American eugenics movement, the state of Vermont passes a law allowing for sexual sterilization of "idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded or insane persons likely to procreate." Dormancy follows a young woman and her new husband who work the land and earn a small income herding sheep and working with lumber. The couple is lured into a rural clinic where they subjected to the sadistic goals of the doctors and eugenics field workers. For this modest family, life will never be quite the same...
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prohibition era
vermont
eugenics
short film
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How long is Dormancy?
Dormancy has a runtime of 16m ( and 16 minutes).
Who directed Dormancy?
Dormancy was directed by Luke Becker-Lowe and released in 2018.
What genre is Dormancy?
Dormancy is a Drama, History film (2018).
Who stars in Dormancy?
The cast of Dormancy includes Pierre-Luc Désilets, Lee Goldberg, Blanca Vivancos, Dennis Cunningham, Jessica Rheault.
