Jam Jar autism documentary has an Australian debut screening
Donna Williams presents…Jam Jar; the classic 1995 autism documentary features bestselling autistic author, Donna Williams. It was filmed in Wales and produced by Channel 4 in association with Fresh Film and screened on TV in the UK. It follows Donna in her daily life on a farm in rural Wales with her first husband, a man on the autistic spectrum.
Here they live according to a different culture and rules that are taken for granted in the world beyond their own. Donna becomes our tour guide showing us the person beyond the labels on the ‘jam jar’. Poetic and artistic, the film explores Donna’s meaning deafness and meaning blindness in the context of autism and the social, emotional and communication bridges she uses to navigate with the world showing us the person beyond the labels on the ‘jam jar’.
Jam Jar went on to be nominated for the UK’s Mental Health Media Award, and became captured in the book, Everyday Heaven. This exclusive screening of Jam Jar, followed by a question-answer session with the audience, is Australia’s premiere screening and precedes Donna’s upcoming show, Footsteps of a Nobody written and performed by her with Aspinauts Players to be performed at Woodbin Theatre on Saturday Jan 23rd.
Cost: Gold Coin Donation
Friday 15th Jan
10am-1pm
Geelong West Town Hall
53 Pakington St
Geelong West
Enquiries: bookings@donnawilliams.net
More info:
http://www.donnawilliams.net/events0.0.html
Donna Williams, Dip Ed, BA Hons.
Author, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter.
Autism consultant and public speaker.
http://www.myspace.com/nobodynowherethefilm
http://www.donnawilliams.net
http://www.aspinauts.com
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