PREVIEW: The Reason I Jump (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jim Fujiwara (film debut), David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas), Jordan O’Donegan (Dead Destination)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jerry Rothwell (How to Change the World), director; Naoki Higashida (film debut), writer; Jeremy Dear (film debut), Stevie Lee (Frank) and Al Morrow (Donor Unknown), producers; Nainita Desai (For Sama), composer; Ruben Woodin Dechamps (Granny Project), cinematographer; David Charap (Jawbone), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The lives of five nonspeaking autistic people from around the world explore what their autism means to them, and how they are still able to communicate without saying a word…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Based on Naoki Higashida’s revelatory book, which the author wrote when he was just 13, this equally mesmerising documentary dives deep into the wonderful sensory world of nonspeaking autistic people, resulting in a movie that should astound everyone, regardless of where they fall on the spectrum.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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