T
h e A u t h o r i t i e s A r e
A l w a y
s Ri g h t
Education is a fundamental human right but some children with
special needs are discriminated, segregated and marginalized. This film
tells the story of Nihal Armstrong, a boy with Celebral
Palsy
whose misdiagnosed learning difficulties saw him spend some of his
primary years within special needs education.
This film highlights what happens when the Local Education Authority
gets it wrong. Exploring the experiences of a mother and her severely
disabled son who had fought discrimination in the British education
system. This work presents a damning critique of an education system
that has failed spectacularly in its mission to bring equality and
human rights into education.
"He had to fight for the right to go to those schools, another child
wouldn’t have had the same kind of fight and wouldn’t have
had to make the same efforts and be tested in the same way in order to
just go to
the local school."
(Dr Anne Emerson)
We
should ensure that someday all disabled children have equal rights,
opportunities and access to the education that their non-disabled peers
enjoy, with the same realistic goals and ambitions.
A must see film for all those who wish to know how the British
education system is set up to fail those who are the most vulnerable in
our society.
Running
time: 42 minsSubtitled: English with audio description
2010
Edinburgh Fringe Festival screening every Monday, Tuesday and Sunday
in the Documentary Group of C Film
Information
about this film also can be found on Myspace.
A clip from this film.
Stills
Credits
With
Special Thanks To
Rahila
Gupta, Athiya Gupta, Evi Sideri, Donna Szombara, and Dr. Anne
Emerson. This
film would not have been
possible without Roop Ramnani,
Christos
Logothetis, Krishna
Birdy, Kavita Birdy, Neil Sherwani, and Olly
Lambert. Director
of Photography,
Dominic Greyer, Original
Music
Composed By Martin Smith, Tape Conversion,
Connections
Communications Center, Hammersmith, Legal Advice Given By
Gisele
Salazar, Supported
By
Julia Chackathayil, Eva Kasperova and Nilukshi
Rajeevi
Mapalagama, Funded
by
UnLtd, Lee Robinson. A
film by Sapna Ramnani 2006
