10 min / narrative / 2020 / UK
filmmaker: Ray Jacobs
Tom is anxious, he holds a secret in his human heart, a wing beat and a flutter and its bursting to take flight.
“The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot” is a tale of magical realism to be witnessed and shared. It is a tale of healing, revealing how we can learn to live with the secrets of our more than human hearts.
If acting wasn’t a hard enough job to land, throw in being disabled and see what reaction you’d get.
Climbing has helped Georgia, a woman on the autism spectrum, to confront her issues and realize that, for her, ‘normal’ just isn’t.
This groundbreaking documentary, made in 1970, focuses on Georgia, a four-year-old with Autism in her special education class.
When he was a toddler, Alonzo suffered a brain injury. It forever changed the way he interprets the world around him.
After struggling with many treatment options, a family decides to give their son medical cannabis to lessen the effects of his autism.
Roman doesn’t speak – not a word in 26 years. But the joy he takes in filming and being filmed is one expression of his life with autism.
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