Raising the Bar (2016)

Directed by

Onir

Genre

documentary film

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows six young people with Down syndrome from Australia and India as they prepare to perform a dance routine at an international conference. The film shows their journey to the event in Chennai.

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What happens

Raising the Bar is a 2016 documentary film that follows six young individuals with Down syndrome from Australia and India who perform a dance routine at the World Down Syndrome Congress 2015 in Chennai, India. The film is directed by Onir and co-produced by Mitu Bhowmick Lange and e.motion21, a non-profit Australian organisation. The film won the Best Documentary award at the Melbourne City Independent Film Awards 2018. It was part of the official selection at the Maryland International Film Festival 2017 and the Ethan Saylor Memorial Film Festival 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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