We follow Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down Syndrome, over six years, as he writes and directs a foul-mouthed, au | dG1faGY4QnFLN1ZYTGc
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00:00 My name is Arthur Baxter.
00:04 I love films.
00:06 I love talking about them with Pete and Bruce.
00:11 They have asked me to write and direct a drama about my life.
00:18 I'm a director. I'm telling you what to do now.
00:22 You shut up and you make me make a sandwich.
00:28 Writing the film, that's given us all an opportunity to talk about the challenging things in your life.
00:32 It's not about world. I just don't know what to do.
00:35 Why are you interested in this being a horror scene?
00:38 You being born as a monster.
00:40 That's what people always call me. They always call me monster.
00:44 My birth mum, she just left me.
00:49 Lucy came to my rescue.
00:52 It's been a difficult journey for us.
00:56 Some people get you and some people really don't get you.
00:59 Bad news. We're not going to be able to get any more money to carry on.
01:08 I really need to fight back.
01:13 Otto has become a role model.
01:15 Action!
01:24 I'm taking the control.
01:26 It is a validation of who he is. It's cathartic.
01:31 I'm the monster now!
01:34 That was a wrap!
01:37 Cut!
01:39 Master of my messed up destiny.
01:44 Available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play.
01:48 [BLANK_AUDIO]