MORE THAN YOU THINK
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Title: MORE THAN YOU THINK
Reference number: 2859
Date: 1974c
Director: d. Martin Singleton
Sponsor: Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped
Production company: Ogam Films
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 22 mins
Description: The experience of parenting and caring for children with mental disabilities.
Credits:
ph. Martin Singleton
sc. Douglas Eadie
nar. Iain Agnew
m. Eric Rice
sd. Alex brown
ed. Brian Crumlish
cam. John Schorstein
Shotlist: The experience of parenting and caring for children with cognitive disabilities. Facilities for care of adults - the Robert Owen Centre, East Kilbride - scenes of training in domestic and work skills. SSMH holiday home at Alyth, Perthshire; gvs residential care. Ayr County Council hostel in Prestwick, two semi-detached homes converted into one: gvs daily life at hostel. Narrative poses questions about society's prejudices towards disabilities and encourages a different perspective (22.00)