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Lay Down Your Heart

Lay Down Your Heart poster
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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