Posted by First prize in The Christophers’ 36th Annual Video Contest for College Students went to Alexandra Carson, a film and television major at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. Her winning video, titled “My Friend, David,” documents the life of her older brother David, who has low-functioning autism.
Carson’s film delves beneath the surface of what it means to be autistic by letting her audience get to know the person behind the condition. “He makes for a great listener,” she said, “and he shows me what it means to be alive. Whatever he feels, he feels with his whole being and loves with everything he has…When I mention David, that he has autism, most people freeze up. They don’t know what to say…Maybe, it’s fear. Fear of saying the wrong thing…of offending or of looking ignorant…When that fear doesn’t hold us back, doesn’t stop us…from asking questions and making mistakes, from improving and growing, then maybe the world can change. Maybe, understanding can deepen.”
Watch the whole five-minute video.
5 Minute Version of My Friend, David from Alexandra Bree Carson on Vimeo.
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