19 August 2000 Factual 24 mins
Documentary following the controversy engendered by his 1988 film THE IDIOTS, which showed a group of middle class people pretending to be mentally impaired. Disabled people confront film director Lars von Trier about his view that anything can be shwon in film, arguing that it reinforces stereotypes of the disabled
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United Kingdom 19 August 2000
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