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The Bird Dancer (2010)
Directed by Robert Lemelson
“A Balinese woman with Tourette’s Syndrome struggles for acceptance”
Documentary · 40m
The film focuses on Gusti Ayu Suartini, a young Balinese woman living with Tourette’s syndrome. Members of Gusti’s small rural community, who do not recognize her illness as a medical disorder, regard her with scorn or pity. Mired in loneliness, Gusti begins to question the meaningfulness of her existence after treatment by western and traditional practitioners fails. The film, which follows her slow, painful, and courageous effort to create an independent life for herself outside her village, addresses the profound impact of family and community’s acceptance or rejection on the life course of persons living with a neuropsychiatric disorder. The Bird Dancer focuses on the social stigma of neuropsychiatric disorder and the human suffering it entails.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Robert Lemelson
- Director of Photography
- Dag Yngvesson
- Editor
- Herbert H. Bennett
- Producer
- Robert Lemelson, Alessandra Pasquino
Details
- Release date
- 2010-01-01
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN