Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London.
Direction
Baxter's unflinching self-portrait as both victim and auteur.
Practical Effects
Grotesque puppet designs that would make Jim Henson weep.
Director
Otto Baxter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baxter developed this through a program supporting learning-disabled filmmakers, rejecting typical 'inspirational' narratives for full creative control.
The Victorian asylum setting deliberately mirrors how people with Down's Syndrome were historically exhibited as 'freaks' — Baxter reclaims this as self-directed spectacle.
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