Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

40m
Documentary
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Born in 1948, Peter Street struggled at school with epilepsy and illiteracy in Bolton, Lancashire, and, later in life, as a slaughterman, a gravedigger and a war poet. At 66 years old he was then diagnosed with autism, and his world changed forever.

Cast

Peter Street
Himself
Peter D. Firth
Narrator

Crew

Brett Gregory
Director
Gwyn Hemmings
Director of Photography
George Geddes
Assistant Director of Photography
Andrew McCrorie-Shand
Music

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