Underplayed Gems

Normal People Scare Me (2006)

Normal People Scare Me poster
Directed by
Keri Bowers, Taylor Cross
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An autistic teenager interviews 65 people about their experiences with autism. The conversations include autistic people as well as their friends and family.

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What happens

Normal People Scare Me: A Film about Autism is a 2006 American documentary film about autism, produced by Joey Travolta. The project began as a 10-minute short film co-directed by an autistic teenager named Taylor Cross, and his mother Keri Bowers. Travolta first met Cross at a program Travolta led teaching the art of filmmaking to children with special needs. He mentored Cross, and the documentary was expanded into a feature-length film. It includes interviews with 65 people, including those who are autistic as well as friends and family. Cross asks them about their experiences with autism and how they feel about it, and elicits multiple insightful responses from his subjects. The short version was shown at a student film festival at Chaminade High School in West Hills, California in April 2004, and co-director Cross won multiple awards at the festival. In November 2004, Cross was honored at a gala benefit dinner for the Bubel-Aiken Foundation in Los Angeles, California; the foundation's co-creator is Clay Aiken of American Idol. The feature-length film was released on April 1, 2006, with special screenings at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in October 2006, and the Staten Island Film Festival in 2007. The documentary received positive reception in the Daily News of Los Angeles, New York Daily News and the Tri-Valley Herald. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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