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LETTING GO
2012

Co-director/ DoP for October Films

Executive producer: Denman Rooke

BBC1

Having a child leave home is difficult enough for any parent, but when your teenage daughter has Down’s Syndrome it’s even harder. Domenica Lawson, nearly sixteen, is unsettled at the prospect of growing up and of having to leave a warm and supportive home. But it’s her mother, Rosa Monkton, who is faced with the challenge of planning for the future, knowing that her daughter must eventually leave home and start an independent life without her.

 

Letting Go follows Rosa and her daughter as she leaves school and takes her first steps into a more adult world. And as Domenica prepares for the challenges of independent life, Rosa meets three other young people with learning disabilities, and discovers how they are managing their transition to greater independence.

WINNER: Creative Diversity Programme: Best Factual Programme

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The most moving documentary I have seen on British television… it challenged my preconceptions and alerted me to everyday horrors and heroism I magazine
Without question the documentary of the week, Worthy of an award Observer

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