3 min / documentary / 2012 / USA
filmmaker: Megan Tan
78-year-old Del Rae attends church, volunteers and participates in water aerobics. She also takes care of two 52-year-old women with Down syndrome. Together they support each other.
“I’m a 78-year-old soccer mom,” says Del Rae Allen, a caretaker of 52 years.
Actors with learning disabilities rehearse an acclaimed play by Claire Luckham, “The Choice”, a play about abortion.
We follow Topsy and Dave as they grasp the idea of marriage, what it means to them and how things will change.
We see the love, admiration and enormous devotion between two brothers once separated by the Willowbrook State School.
A group of women explore their own lives and memories through drawings and animations the director created from their artwork.
Brandon lives in a silent world of deafness and autism. He moves to an uncomplicated rhythm.
Funny and heart-wrenching – peoples’ candid and articulate self-awareness quickly shatter preconceptions of the disabled.
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