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This realistic yet loving portrait, made by a sibling, counters saccharine portrayals of people with developmental disabilities. Marni and Kris, married since 1993, live and work in New York City. Aware of their handicaps, they must face peoples' prejudices and their own frustrated ambitions. Laced with irreverent humor, their story questions the meaning of "intelligence."

This film is being screened with:
Carl Bentson: Mr. Positive
Up Syndrome
 
 

producer / director: Nancy Fliesler

Nancy is a Boston-based writer/producer specializing in science and health. Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown is her first film. She has worked for the ABC News Medical Unit, the Mental Illness Education Project, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Science Media Group. Since 2003 she has been a science writer at Children's Hospital Boston.

distributor: www.filmakers.com