Documentary Short AFIN 024
Stuart X
Directed by 
Thibault Upton
AFIN 2019 Nominee
- 2019
- 5m
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Australia - English
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Stuart Iredale was born with Fragile X during the 1950s; a time when the disability was little know. He was misdiagnosed with mental illness and spent 40 years of his life in psychiatric hospitals where he was misunderstood, drugged and abused
At 60 years old Stuart was correctly diagnosed with Fragile X. He now has a set of processes and care that provide him with an entirely different quality of life.
Today he has shown progress towards recovery from years of mistreatment and responds to music therapy by dancing.
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Stuart X was an official Nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject at the AFIN International Film Festival 2019, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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