Breaking down the walls of stigma against Mental Retardation and illness

PRWeb reports of a landmark film release entitledUncle Chiam. It deals with the stigma of mental retardation but is specific to the Ultra-Orthodox community.

This is a story of two brothers from an Ultra Orthodox community. The younger one Abie, healthy and normal, struggling to maintain the illusion of a traditional family; the older, Chaim, mentally challenged - shunned, and shut away in an institution by his embarrassed family, even kept secret from Abie's young son. Trouble begins when Chaim pleads with his brother to come home for a special gathering. Will Abie continue to ostracize his brother out of shame? Only through a series of startling events would Abie realize that his differently abled brother's love, charity - even piety - are greater than his own.