Maintaining a youthful sense of optimism and outlook on life can be a struggle for many people, but that challenge is even more heartbreakingly difficult for anyone who’s living with a disability. Memphis Diangelis, the titular subject of the new documentary, ‘Your Friend, Memphis’ sees his prospects narrow considerably as he enters his twenties, as […]
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- 4/5/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
The challenges and vicissitudes of living with cerebral palsy are made quite clear in Your Friend, Memphis, a sympathetic, up-close documentary that traces a few years in the life of a young man whose teenage optimism about his prospects narrows considerably as time marches on. It’s a poignant but ultimately tough tale that reflects a reality in which youthful hope almost inevitably gives way to the realization that, by one’s twenties, things are never going to get better, that life’s prospects decrease with age and the disappearance of family members and engaged helpers. As upbeat and determined as the subject is in his youth, grim facts at a certain point are impossible to ignore.
“If you all weren’t here filming me, I would be alone,” grins the often enthusiastic and generally personable Memphis Diangelis, who was diagnosed at age one, is 5’3,” shuffles along with a pronounced awkward limp,...
“If you all weren’t here filming me, I would be alone,” grins the often enthusiastic and generally personable Memphis Diangelis, who was diagnosed at age one, is 5’3,” shuffles along with a pronounced awkward limp,...
- 3/12/2022
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
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