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Name Me Lawand

by Edward Lovelace

Film & Narrative

Moving and innovative documentary about a family who journey to Britain from their native Iraqi Kurdistan to give their profoundly deaf son a brighter future. In BSL & Kurdish/subs.

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Lawand is a young Kurdish boy, deaf since birth. At five years old, his future in Iraq looks destined to be limited and lonely. In desperate search of a better life in a world where he can communicate, his family decide to leave their home. After a treacherous journey and a year in a refugee camp, the help of a deaf volunteer brings them to Derby where Lawand joins the Royal School for the Deaf. As he grows older, the film follows his dramatic progress learning British Sign Language, revealing a bright, charismatic and inquisitive boy, who discovers friendship and a new way to express himself. But just as Lawand is joyfully finding his place in the world, the family face deportation from the UK.

Credits

Directed by Edward Lovelace.

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