Price
- £6.50
Length
- 90
Edward Lovelace explores the power of communication and community with this rapturous portrait of a young Deaf Kurdish boy.
Five-year-old Lawand is on a quest to find a world where there are people like him – people who will understand him. Since birth, Lawand has been profoundly Deaf and unable to communicate with those around him. He undertakes a treacherous journey with his family from Iraq to Derby, home of the Royal School for the Deaf.
But this new life soon comes under threat when the family faces deportation. Along with members of the Derby community, they begin a new quest – a fight to stay in the place they now call home. Employing a striking visual style that frames Lawand’s development, from being voiceless to a voice representing others in the D/deaf community, Lovelace’s documentary is an inspirational and touching coming-of-age story.
Country: UK
Language: English, Kurdish, BSL, EST (Screening with additional descriptive subtitles of non-dialogue audio)
Director
Edward Lovelace
Cast
Lawand Hamad Amin
Refugee Week 2023
Supported by Lancashire County Council and Film Hub North.
This film is screening as part of our programme for Refugee Week 2023.
Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Founded in 1998 in the UK and held every year around World Refugee Day on the 20 June.
Supported by Lancashire County Council and Film Hub North.
