portrays the life inside a California State Hospital for the Mentally Ill. The program focuses on several patients: Lori, a suicidal woman; David, a man whose mental deterioration may have been amplified by medication; Ray, a psychotic murderer; and Calvin, a manic-depressive black man whose confinement, he alleges, is counter therapeutic. Told without narration, the documentary shows the daily activities at the hospital, and includes interviews with psychiatrists, hospital workers, hospital and state officials, parents and attorneys. ""VALLEY OF LOST SOULS merits consideration for a Peabody Award. By exposing shameful conditions in a state hospital for the insane, typical of most institutions in the United States, it has performed an important public service.""--1986 Peabody Awards entry form."

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