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Pins and Needles

Barbara Chobocky
1979 Australia 38 minutes English

A documentary that deals with the emotional struggle of a 24 year-old woman who contracts multiple sclerosis and becomes a paraplegic in less than 18 months. It examines the attitudes and reactions of her parents, her husband and friends, who all change as a result of her disability. Genni Batterham incorporates her personal battle to come to terms with her disability with broader implications which have a bearing on all disabled people in this society.

Production :
Stormbringer Film Production
Editing :
Surresh Ayyar
Sound :
Annie Cocksedge
Photography :
Kim Batterham; Erika Addis

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