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Jakob (1979)

Jakob poster
Directed by
Stina Fernström, Freddy Tornberg
Country
Denmark
Runtime
15 min

How it feels

A documentary short that watches how a mother and her deaf child communicate during play and meals. The mother talks about her experiences with the child, the child's development, and how others react to the disability.

observationalintimategentleeducationalrealisticquietsensitive

What happens

Jakob er en dansk kortfilm fra 1979 instrueret af Stina Fernström og Freddy Tornberg. Filmen iagttager, hvordan en mor og hendes døve barn kommunikerer med hinanden i blandt andet lege- og spisesituationer. Moderen fortæller om sine oplevelser med barnet, om den udvikling, det har gennemløbet og om omverdenens reaktion på handicappet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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