Carmela - preview

This is a preview of a 30-minute documentary, from Mexico, made by Guillermo López Pérez.

Carmela is a life affirming film about a mother with polio and her son with Down syndrome. Despite their disabilities, they manage to survive and overcome the daily challenges that Mexico City offers their extraordinary lives.

For additional information about this film please visit its details page: http://www.gosprout.org/film/prog07/carmela.htm

This documentary is part of the Sprout Touring Film Festival (showcasing films related to the field of developmental disabilities). Click the following link to see a complete listing of all the films available through this festival: http://stff.gosprout.org

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• polio
• down
• syndrome
• mental
• retardation
• developmental
• disability
• Mexico
• spanish
• sprout
• mother
• tohgether
• challenge

[trickimex]

felicidades gran mujer dios nos bendice por estos angelitos no te djes caer que el te nesesita

[stormvixen]

My mother had polio and used a wheelchair since she was a child, she didn't keep me, but the home in which I was put had children with Downs Syndrome too and now I have a 12 year old son of my own called George, he's lovely : )