The Ramp
Synopsis
The Ramp shows Jeff's struggle to get a ramp fitted at the entrance to his council flat, so he can leave his home with the help of a wheelchair. The money all in place, the ramp delayed for a year due to bureaucratic stumbling blocks about permissions not granted to extend a ramp into a parking space of the estate where Jeff's flat is located.
A once independent and vivacious man is reduced to confinement in his home for over 6 months while the authorities argue about his status, until he dies. Made as a 5 minute short for 'reelhealthstories', to be shown to medical students about the actual impact of their recommendations, and the human cost of agencies working cross side each other.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 5 mins
- Format
- HDV
- Director
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Andrea Luka Zimmerman
- Producer
- Lasse Johansson
- Editor
- Andrea Zimmerman
- Director of Photography
- Andrea Zimmerman
- Music
- Jack Maynard
- Principal cast
- Jeff Munro
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