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Justine

Synopsis

Justine doesn't speak. She communicates through looking, gesture and the body language of her movement and interactions. This short documentary creates a portrait of Justine’s experience, observing the close rhythms of her days in the run-up to her milestone birthday and new challenges of life in a changing welfare system.
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Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
26 mins 48 secs
Format
MOV
Director
Pratap Rughani
Producer
Pratap Rughani
Executive Producer
Project Art Works
Editor
Esperanza Jimenez
Director of Photography
Pratap Rughani
Sound
Iris Wakulenko
Composer
ABBA, Jon Klein, David Hamilton
Principal cast
Justine Whitwell

Genre

Human Rights Disabilities

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Lotus Films

Sales Company

Lotus Films

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