Open AccessReview of Unspoken (2017)
Author(s) -
Anna Williams
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian journal of disability studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1929-9192
DOI - 10.15353/cjds.v8i5.571
Subject(s) - girl , autism , point (geometry) , psychology , visual arts , art , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , developmental psychology , geometry , mathematics
‘Unspoken’ is a point-of-view documentary directed by Emma Zurcher-Long, Geneva Peschka, and Julia Ngeow. The film explores Emma’s relationship with spoken and written language, and challenges viewers to disrupt their preconceptions about autism and autistic people. Emma, a 14-year-old Autistic girl with “unreliable speech”, engages us not just through typed words, but through the artistry of film-making and music - inviting us with all the senses we might have to access the fullness of her voice debut.