Richard Butchins

This film tells you about a group of indigent disabled Americans travelling in a self styled freak show. Its shot in a rough and ready manner by an English disabled filmmaker who travels along with them across the western states of the USA.

Mat Fraser and Sophie Morgan invite members of the public to take part in a provocative experiment inside a brand new “progressive” residential facility. Visitors are encouraged to take a closer look, meet the residents, and discover a very different type of care. But as the experiment unfolds, nothing is quite as it seems. As events take an increasingly unsettling turn and troubling ideas begin to emerge, will anyone question what’s really going on?

Exposure is a current affairs strand, broadcast in the United Kingdom on the ITV network. The programme brings together six films made by different producers exploring and investigating foreign and domestic topics, reporting on issues and telling human stories. The series was commissioned for ITV by Peter Fincham, ITV Director of Television and is a sister show to year-round current affairs strand Tonight. It made its debut on Monday 26 September 2011 - airing at 22.35, directly after ITV News at Ten.