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Natural Disorder

Naturens Uorden

Dir. Christian Sønderby Jepsen Denmark 97 min

2015

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Jacob Nossell is a 27-year-old journalism student with a normal intellect but an impaired body. He has cerebral palsy, which means he has difficulty talking and moving, and he suffers from muscle cramps and stiffness. Mentally, he’s on par with his fellow students, and that’s the crux of the matter. He’s too disabled for society to accept him as normal, but too normal to simply lie down and accept his fate. And what exactly is “normal” anyway? The film follows Jacob directing a play for the Royal Danish Theater, in which he explores the meaning of identity and normality and asks what life is all about.

He goes out on the streets with a camera and microphone, stopping people to ask what they consider normal. He talks with a doctor of philosophy and neuroscience and gets his brain and his DNA scanned. Producing the play takes its toll on Jacob, and he often comes face to face with his own limitations. This is very hard on him – for 27 years he has been struggling against those limitations, and his greatest and most constant fear is that he might turn out to be that disabled person he so wants to avoid becoming.

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This film is produced by Sidsel Lønvig Siersted, Malene Flindt Pedersen, and Estelle Bovelander.

Common Senses Festival is aimed at disability acceptance, and to fill Omaha, Nebraska, with performances, art, discussions, and coalition-building opportunities. The festival will take place in May of 2025. At its center is the world premiere performances of Sensorium Ex which will take place May 22-25, 2025.

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