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Norm (Extraordinary Person Documentary) | Real Stories
Norm (Extraordinary Person Documentary) | Real Stories bsocially 3 Views • 3 years ago

Norm is an exuberant and challenging documentary about love, family and survival. Norman Llewellyn was born with Down’s syndrome in 1949, in an era that assumed children like him would be sent away to institutions and that their life expectancy may not exceed fifteen years. Though he spent much of his childhood with his family, he was ultimately put into foster-care by his parents. His sister Karen, seven at the time, promised from her heart that she would get him back some day. Adopted herself, she spent most of her life feeling that she had usurped Norm’s place in the family.

Karen never forgot the promise that she made to Norm as a little girl and, sixteen years ago, she did get him back. Today Norm lives with Karen and her partner Claudia on Todd’s Island near Halifax in Nova Scotia. He is loved and well known in his community and has many friends of all ages. Diabetes and a mild heart condition require constant attention and, like many adults living with Down’s syndrome, Norm is now suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Once again his sister Karen is faced with one of life’s most difficult decisions, a decision her adopted parents had to deal with many years ago – what if she can’t keep him home anymore?

Norm’s parents, now in their eighties, are a powerful addition to this documentary. They speak openly about the realities of the past and the decision they made. It was a time when there were no services or support for the mentally challenged. The support team that is brought together to help Norm cope with the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease gives the viewer insight into the current challenges that are facing a person with Down’s syndrome but also hope about what is available to help them. Filmed with extraordinary access over a four-year period, the story of this brother and sister offers a powerful reminder of the depths of sibling love and the challenges faced by many families living with the often harsh realities of aging.

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Surf Girls Jamaica (Extraordinary People Documentary) | Real Stories Original
Surf Girls Jamaica (Extraordinary People Documentary) | Real Stories Original bsocially 5 Views • 3 years ago

Surf Girls Jamaica focuses on Imani Wilmot, an inspirational Jamaican surfer who uses the sport as a means of transforming the tough lives of the women around her, in Kingston and surrounding areas.

Imani has harnessed the power of surfing to empower these women through training camps which bring women together to learn the mindful art of riding waves. This develops self-motivation, entrepreneurial spirit, respect for the environment and a deep sense of community.

Globally, Imani has taken it as her personal responsibility to empower women of colour to have access to surfing and see a place for themselves within the global surf industry.

UK support for sexual assault (via NHS)
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/s....exual-health/help-af

International support for rape and sexual assault
http://www.ibiblio.org/rcip//internl.html

International support for sexual assault
https://www.rainn.org/about-sexual-assault

Jamaican support for adolescent mothers
http://womenscentreja.wixsite.com/wcjf

To see more work from The Right To Roam, follow them on Instagram @therighttoroamfilms and check out their website: http://therighttoroam.com/

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An Almost Perfect Murder (True Crime Documentary) | Real Stories
An Almost Perfect Murder (True Crime Documentary) | Real Stories bsocially 6 Views • 3 years ago

A documentary which follows the life and deceptions of Albert Walker, an international fraudster who betrayed family and friends in Canada and embezzled at least $3 million.

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Medical Story: Aspergers And Me (Chris Packham Documentary) | Real Stories
Medical Story: Aspergers And Me (Chris Packham Documentary) | Real Stories bsocially 6 Views • 3 years ago

For most of his life, broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham didn't tell anyone about the one thing that in many ways has defined his entire existence. Chris is autistic - he has Asperger's Syndrome, which means he struggles in social situations, has difficulty with human relationships and is, by his own admission, 'a little bit weird'. But what if there was a way of taking away these autistic traits? Would Chris ever choose to be 'normal'?

In this film, Chris invites us inside his autistic world to try to show what it is really like being him. He lives alone in the woods with his 'best friend' Scratchy the dog, but he also has a long-term partner, Charlotte, who discusses the problems Asperger's creates in their relationship - she describes Chris as being sometimes 'like an alien'. Chris experiences the world in a very different way, with heightened senses that at times are overwhelming, and a mind that is constant bouncing from one subject to the next.

Growing up at a time when little was known about autism, Chris wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's until he was in his forties. With scientific advances offering new possibilities to treat his condition, Chris travels to America to witness radical therapies that appear to offer the possibility of entirely eradicating problematic autistic traits, but he also meets those who are challenging the idea that autistic people need to change in order to fit into society. Confronting this deeply personal subject with brutal honesty, and reflecting on the devastating struggles of his adolescence, Chris explores the question of whether he would ever want to be cured himself or whether, ultimately, Asperger's has helped make him who he is today.

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Evicted: The Hidden Homeless (BAFTA WINNING DOCUMENTARY) | Real Stories
Evicted: The Hidden Homeless (BAFTA WINNING DOCUMENTARY) | Real Stories bsocially 3 Views • 3 years ago

In a country where people can own two or three homes, these are the stories of those who don’t have one.

All three girls and their families have endured the emotional trauma of being thrown out of their homes. With nowhere to go they are absorbed into the hidden world of bed and breakfasts, hotels, safe houses and temporary accommodation. With all of their belongings locked away in storage the girls are literally left with the clothes they stand in.

Living in overcrowded and cramped conditions often miles away from school and friends, the fate of homeless families falls to anonymous council departments who judge and decide if they deserve to be helped and housed. If they are found “Intentionally Homeless” then the Council can remove them from its homelessness statistics, and no longer has a responsibility to house them beyond 28 days in a B&B. Shelter and other charities have seen that the numbers found “intentionally homeless” have increased considerably since central government instructed Councils to “reduce homelessness”.

Meanwhile the impact on families and children are devastating. The children in particular face isolation, social exclusion and bullying; they may also miss months of schooling.

Home is something we don’t fully appreciate until it is taken away, its not until this happens that you understand just how important it really is, and how bleak and terrifying life can be with No Home.

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Poor Kids: Below The Poverty Line (Child Poverty Documentary) | Real Stories
Poor Kids: Below The Poverty Line (Child Poverty Documentary) | Real Stories bsocially 18 Views • 3 years ago

3.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialised world and successive governments continue to struggle to bring it into line. Struggling & without a voice, 'Poor Kids' shines a light on this pressing issue.

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Just Business: The Man Who Made A Family Vanish (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories
Just Business: The Man Who Made A Family Vanish (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories bsocially 4 Views • 3 years ago

Mr Chohan had a successful business worth £5m. Kenneth Regan was known as Captain Cash from his drug dealing days, and along with his two henchmen, they hatched a plot to take over the Chohan’s business and use it to front their drug smuggling ring. Mr Chohan, his young wife, her mother, and the couple’s their two baby sons were lured into a trap and brutally murdered, covered up as an innocent but tragic sudden disappearance. The plot was only foiled by a family murder in New Zealand, refusing to believe that they would all vanish, as a result of tax avoidance or a business agreement gone sour. The bodies of the three adults washed up along the coasts of the UK, but the two babies were never found. This documentary, made for Channel 4 strand ‘Dispatches’ explores the heinous crimes and the investigation.

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