Like other people
digital file Colour Sound 1972 36:49
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Summary: This film is about Margaret and Willy, a young couple who both have cerebal palsy, live in a residential home and wish to marry. They frankly discuss their sexual and emotional needs, and their desire to live as normally as possible. Particular emphasis is laid on their need for privacy. They and other disabled couples discuss the opposition that their relationships have faced. 5 segments.
Title number: 18088
LSA ID: LSA/21245
Description: Segment 1 Margaret talks about how she and Willy are treated differently by others, although they love each other as other couples do. She says their treatment is akin to racial discrimination and segregation. She talks about her relationship history and her relationship with Willy. She helps Willy with his speech therapy. Willy's mother visits and asks if there has been any reaction to their engagement. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:06:31:23 Length: 00:06:31:23 Segment 2 A group of schoolgirls comes to visit the hostel where Margaret and Willy live. Margaret talks about her need for privacy. Margaret and Willy are shown going to the park together and a poem by Willy is read out. Day-to-day life in their hostel is shown. Another resident says that his life is becoming monotonous and he wants to do something useful. Time start: 00:06:31:23 Time end: 00:14:05:13 Length: 00:07:33:15 Segment 3 Margaret says that working in factories is like slave labour for people with cerebral palsy. She also discusses how receiving money from charity is problematic for her. She talks with another woman who also has cerebral palsy about relationships and negative attitudes from others. Another man talks about how his mother teases and patronises him. Time start: 00:14:05:13 Time end: 00:20:22:03 Length: 00:06:16:15 Segment 4 Margaret and Willy go to her mother's house for dinner. Margaret talks about how some parents always see their disabled children as children, never as adults, although her mother never has. Her mother says that Margaret needs a social life amongst people her own age. Margaret and Willy are seen in the pub with their friends. A group of couples have a discussion group and talk about attitudes to disabled people having relationships. Time start: 00:20:22:03 Time end: 00:27:53:03 Length: 00:07:31:00
Credits: Directed by Paul Morrison, filmed by Bill Brayne, edited by Martyn Day and produced by Irving Teitelbaum. Willy's poems read by Jonathan Griffith.
Further information: This film was donated to Wellcome Trust by Scope.
Keywords: Mental Health; Cerebral Palsy; Disabled Persons
Locations: United Kingdom; England
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