Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is a 2010 American biographical drama television film directed by Mick Jackson and starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, an autistic woman whose innovations revolutionized practices for the humane handling of livestock on cattle ranches and slaughterhouses. It is based on Grandin's memoirs Emergence and Thinking in Pictures.
Plot
Temple Grandin is an uncommunicative child who is prone to tantrums and is diagnosed with autism. The medical consensus at that time was that autism was a form of schizophrenia resulting from insufficient maternal affection. Despite recommendations to place her in an institution, Grandin's mother hires therapists and works to help her daughter adapt to social interaction.
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author | Christopher Monger |
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director | Mick Jackson |
events | autism |
genre | drama |
keywords | animal science anxiety attack cattle ranch dip drown force franklin pierce college institution machine meet mental institution psychology questions from the audience ranch hand schizophrenia sexual act sheep dip squeeze chute squeeze machine test subject understand |
musicBy | Alex Wurman |
publisher | HBO HBO Films |
theme | biographical biographical drama |