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Film Details
Country:
Ireland
Category:
International Short
Genre:
Informational
Festival Year:
2026
Filmmaker:
Susan Jackson
Film Transcript
My name is Phil. I was born in 1953 and I'm a Dar Club member for 41 years. I'm also a representer. I worked for 20 years in the laundry and then I got redundancy and went to work for JT for 18 years. I used to do orders, airport orders. I got to pick out the orders I wanted for Dublin Airport and I packed them in boxes. The fellas would take them, put them away and send them out to the airport. When I made it, I went to a writer's course at Holy Cross; that's how I did that book. That's a Christmas one I wrote. That's only what I've done in that one. I don't do one story at a time. No doubt I am a member of Special Olympics Ireland. I can remember making speeches for Special Olympics. I gave a speech to Dund Club and encouraged members to join Dund Club.
Okay, great. That's a fantastic shot. Sometimes when you get shots like that, it's not so much the amount of time; it's what's going on. Show that. You use a clap and add the sound later.
My name is Miriam Spalen and I'm the founder of Connections Art Center, an award-winning not-for-profit social enterprise for the disability community. We do make-up classes with them, teaching the basics. It's a practical class: we'll show how to do something, and the following week they do that again themselves without us showing, and then we show the next element. You've got a whole new set of brushes and products now, haven't you? Shopping for all of them.
So, Filina, you're going to just say after me: what is your role at the centre? Thanks for the interview. I learned sign language at the club to help other people who find it hard to speak. Thank you.
What is the centre's greatest achievement so far? This organisation has been groundbreaking. We were the first to set up a community resource centre as a one-stop shop.
Mona, say hello. I was always blind. I did a normal job. I worked in the insurance business and also dealt with bits of property as a kind of hobby.
John Collins, why are you here today? I'm here today because I'm a traveller men's health worker and I'm here to get some blood pressure checks and to meet other men from different parts of the country. I have worked with Akida for many years on things like gender-based violence. Akida has been a strong voice for people like me. The projects they run are specifically there for empowerment.
Oh, you're a talented lady, aren't you? I'm very happy doing the course with him for the past six weeks. He's been brilliant. I was there to talk to him and I enjoyed writing stories. My story by filming: no doubt I am a very special person. It's not what I am but who I am. I have a lot of good friends around me like Diane. What I would like to be is a person that can understand other people. If people come out into the world to be what they want to be, it's not about being a mentally handicapped person. I am slow in many ways. When you are a special person and you get a lot of loving from your family and friends, I do, anyhow, and I present myself to go along with it. If I can show a bit of loving the way I do, in my way—I have a kind mother and a good brother. My mother is kind and I buy cards for our birthdays and Mother's Day and Christmas Day as well.
Filmmaker
Susan Jackson is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Susan Jackson.
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