Getting Together

Synopsis: Animated film for people with learning difficulties, showing six stories about people making friends or starting relationships. They all have learning disabilities, and one is unable to walk or talk. It shows how people with learning disabilities can: Meet new people; Fall out and make friends again; Look for a partner if they are gay; Say no to a relationship they don’t want; Keep themselves safe; Take the time to get closer to somebody. All the voices on the soundtrack are those of actors with learning disabilities. Includes a booklet. Made by Leeds Animation Workshop in consultation with Mencap, CHANGE, and other organisations.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: animation films; disabled people; learning disabilities

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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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