Twelve minutes that'll wreck your whole worldview on belonging.
Sensitive portrait of a boy with Down syndrome, and the small village that includes him.
Direction
Sutton's patient, non-exploitative gaze.
Editing
Twelve perfect minutes, not a frame wasted.
Director
Heather Sutton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for the National Film Board, this predates Canada's deinstitutionalization movement by decades.
Heather Sutton was 24 and had never directed; she filmed Michael's actual daily routine without staging.
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