Guest guest Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 made by a film school student in the Netherlands http://www.wakingupbaxter.com/watch_now.htm Here's his letter: Dear group> > > > Let me introduce myself:> > My name is Karim Cherif and I am from the Netherlands. I am notmarried,> > I do not have any kids and I am not autistic.> > > > So what is my link with this topic?> > I went to the film academy last summer for a special program on> > Documentary Film making. In seven weeks I had to research a topic and> > create an eight-minute short documentary. After researching different> > things I stumbled upon the autism/mercury topic. You cannotimagine how> > shocked I was. Initially I thought I misread the statistics.> > > > The more I researched and talked to people, the bigger the storybecame.> > After pitching the idea, I knew I had to make a decision. To tell the> > whole story of Autism/Mercury would simply be too complex for theamount> > of time that I had to create my movie.> > > > So I basically decided to tell the story of Baxter, and how herecovered> > from his autism.> > > > My goal was on one side to tell the world what is going on, and on the> > other side I wanted to let people know that there is hope.> > > > Anyways… I have put the film online, and I truly hope that you will> > enjoy it. It is a difficult subject matter.> > > > Let me know what you think of it. The direct link to the movie is (it> > might take a couple of seconds for it to start playing):> > > > http://www.wakingupbaxter.com/watch_now.htm> > > > > > Kind regards,> > Karim Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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