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A Space in Time
Candid and intimate portrait of one family’s journey to transcend a fatal muscle wasting disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Director: Nick Taussig and Riccardo Servini
Overview
Directed by Nick Taussig and Riccardo Servini, this documentary is a candid, intimate portrait of one family’s journey to transcend a fatal muscle wasting disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which in turn becomes an unlikely celebration of the disabled life, the life cut short by rare disease.
illness theme, upsetting scenes, suicide references
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