A World Without Down’s Syndrome?
A World Without Down’s Syndrome?
BBC 2
1 x 60 mins
State of the nation doc fronted by actor Sally Phillips, a Mum to a child with Down’s syndrome. Sally explores what impact a new screening test could have on our society and its potential to eradicate the next generation of children with Down’s syndrome. In a world where pre-natal genetic screening is predicted to become routine, what future do people with disabilities have in our society?
Credits
Comm Ed: Maxine Watson
Exec Producer: Emma Loach
Editor: Tom Herrington
Producer: Carl Callam
Shot on Canon C300
Press
‘defiant and life enhancing’
Times Saturday Review
‘laced with wry humour her film is that rare thing, a passionate polemic that is also a pleasure to watch, charming as it chastises’
The Sunday Times
‘Heartfelt, positive television with purpose’
The Observer
‘This carefully researched, passionately arugued counter blast.’
theartsdesk.com
‘brilliant television’
Daily Mail 5 stars
‘absorbing film’
4 stars telegraph