A Woman Like Me

A Woman Like Me

9.0IMDb Score
Released:2017-07-14
Duration:13 min
Director:Isabel Morales Bondy
Actors:Dorte Eriksen, Budhi Maya Gurung
Production:Royal College of Art

Overview:

A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange. A Woman Like Me is a remarkable demonstration of the delicacy and complexity of human communication, and how susceptible it is to privilege, preconceptions and misunderstandings.

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