Normal Autistic Film

Director: Miroslav Janek

Country: Czech Republic

Year of production: 2016

Duration: 88 min

Subject:

Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Children's rights
Discrimination

Audience:

Lawyers
Pupils
Institutions of the state penitentiary system of Ukraine
Teachers
Students
Employees of penitentiary system
Government officials
Activists / NGOs

Reform:

Therefore, the right question is "What is different about an autist?" and not "What is wrong with him?" This film does not perceive autism as a diagnosis but as a mysterious way of thinking that might bring a certain message to the majority of society, or which could attract attention to the so-called "normal life" people live.

director

Miroslav Janek

Miroslav Janek was born in Náchod in 1954. From a young age he devoted himself to amateur film, and he shot several films as a self-taught filmmaker. In 1979, he emigrated to Germany and later went to the USA, where he primarily made a name for himself as an editor. His most important work was probably his collaboration with director Godfrey Reggio on the internationally acclaimed compilation films Powaqqatsi (1988), Anima Mundi (1992) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). Since returning to the Czech Republic in 1993, he has devoted himself to his own documentaries as a cameraman and director. His film about blind children with a camera, The Unseen (Nespatřené, 1996) has won the most accolades, both at home and abroad. In recent times, his documentary films Kha-chee-pae (Chacipe – 2006) and Vierka (2005) have won prizes at several festivals.