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Locked In

Synopsis

10 years ago, while working for the BBC as a documentary maker, I was diagnosed with a rare and degenerative illness that started slowly paralysing my arms and legs. At its worst, the illness leaves patients fully paralysed, unable to communicate, while their brains remain completely unaffected – they are Locked-In. Before the illness stops me being able to hold a camera, I want to make a film about the illness I have by meeting people as they recover from being Locked-In, learning about the disease from people who’ve had it in its most extreme form and having the chance to see my own future living with the illness.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Format
Hd
Director
Xavier Alford 1st Feature
Producer
Iris Maor, Poppy Goodheart
Executive Producer
Sacha Mirzoeff, Lisa Marie Russo, Mandy Chang
Editor
Colette Hodges

Genre

Disabilities

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Marble Films

149 Sefton Park Road
Bristol, BS7 9AW
T. +44 (0)7949 161694
E. iris@marblefilms.co.uk
W. www.marblefilms.co.uk

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