Natural Disorder screening in Riga

Danish Cultural Institute in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania often supports Human Rights cinema in Kanepes Cultural Center (Riga, Latvia) by providing documentary films from our collection.

On the 27th of March, we will screen “Natural Disorder” (Denmark, Netherlands, 2015), directed by Christian Sønderby.

Jacob Nossell, 24, though whip-smart, hardly fits into the concept of a “normal” life. Because he has cerebral palsy, his movement and speech are noticeably challenged. With his intellect intact in an unwieldy body, Jacob embodies the strangling limitations of the concept of normalcy: he is too disabled to be accepted as normal and too normal to accept his fate. Taking action, Jacob puts on a theatre play to once and for all set things straight. Tracking Jacob, Christian Sønderby Jepsen in The Natural Disorder confronts our idea of what’s “normal” and asks the ultimate question: Does someone like Jacob have the right to live? We follow Jacob as the play comes together and bear witness to the sometimes painful realisations Jacob has along the way.

Check out the trailer here

*In Danish with subtitles in English