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  • The 21st Chromosome (2014)
  • Short | 23 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The 21st Chromosome (2014)
Short | 23 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
How do you tell the story of someone who's in your family but doesn't have a voice to say whether or not they want that story told? If you're filmmaker, Kirsten Johnson who has a younger sister with Down Syndrome, Autism and Obsessive ...See moreHow do you tell the story of someone who's in your family but doesn't have a voice to say whether or not they want that story told? If you're filmmaker, Kirsten Johnson who has a younger sister with Down Syndrome, Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, you don't follow her around with a camera, in fact, you don't film her at all. Instead, you painstakingly hand-draw over a thousand drawings, you personally recreate distressing incidents from the past, you bring characters to life in imaginative scenarios that illuminate what's it's like to have someone in your life whose personal reality you can only begin to fathom. A truly unique method of storytelling that explores a challenging subject matter with humour, empathy and depth. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Kirsten Johnson
Producer
Kirsten Johnson
Composer
Geoff Bennett
Cinematographer
Rita Leistner
Editor
Kirsten Johnson
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