Lay Down Your Heart

- Directed by
- Marie Clements
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
How it feels
This documentary profiles Niall McNeil, a theatre performer and writer with Down syndrome living in Vancouver. It shows his creative life and his work in the arts community.
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What happens
Lay Down Your Heart is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie Clements. The film is a portrait of Niall McNeil, a Vancouver-based theatre performer and writer with Down syndrome. The film premiered on October 6, 2022, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the Audience Award for the Portraits program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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