A Talent For Words

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Summary

17-year-old Don Rowe from Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent is a student at Hereward College of Further Education, a college for the disabled in Coventry, and a poet.

Year:

1983

Duration:

0:25:50

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Genre:

Documentary

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see Don Rowe at Hereward College taking part in lessons and sport; shopping for heavy metal records in Coventry city centre with a friend in a wheelchair; and walking with his father close to his home at Bradeley in Stoke on Trent. Don's parents are interviewed as are Ursula Willock, Senior Careers Officer for Staffordshire County Council; A. G. McAllister, Principal of Hereward College; and John Carrier, Student Counsellor at the college. Don's poems are read by an actor however he does provide a commentary to parts of the film about his experiences living with cerebral palsy, people's attitudes to disability, his college life and his passion for heavy metal. We also see students at the residential college using computers and swimming.


Credits

Poems read by David Howard
Cameraman - Bob Bolt
Sound Recordist - Barry Pritchard
Dubbing Mixer - Peter Maxwell
Graphic Design - Brian Becker
Production Assistant - Sheila Ford
Researcher - Sharon Goode
Film Editor - Roger Huyton
Executive Producer - Brian Lewis
Producer - Malcolm Feuerstein
Director - Terry Bryan


Notes

Central Television production number 1421/82.