CINE 2010 Special Jury Award Recipients

In My Hands: A Story of Marfan Syndrome

Category: Independent (unaffiliated) Division, Documentary Short

Summary:
In My Hands focuses on individuals and families learning to live with a little-known and potentially fatal connective tissue disorder, Marfan Syndrome. People with the condition are frequently tall, with disproportionately long arms and legs. Young people, especially, are challenged by looking different than their peers. Dancer and choreographer Ann Reinking, whose son Chris is affected with the condition, works with a group of teenagers, designing movement and dance that capitalizes on their shaky long bodies and unexpectedly inspires their self- esteem. In My Hands asks the universal questions for children: Who am I anyway? Where am I? And what am I? Different, and that's ok . . .

Credits: Sister Productions
Executive Producer: Ann Reinking
Producers: Ann Reinking, Brenda Siemer Scheider, Emma Joan Morris
Directors: Brenda Siemer Scheider, Emma Joan Morris
Cinematographer: Alex Rappoport