The Key of G

A developmentally disabled man and his friends attempt to redefine their roles as caregivers and client at the heart of an urban community alive with music, art and creativity.

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Series
PBS Plus Presentation
Premiere Date
October 1, 2007
Length
60 minutes
Funding Initiative
Open Call
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    2007 SFFilm Festival-Golden Gate Award, Best Bay Area Documentary
    • Producer

    Robert Arnold

    Producer

    Lindsay Sablosky

    Lindsay Sablosky has production and editing credits on several feature-length documentaries and has worked on numerous PBS series including Frontline and Season by Season, and the A&E cable series Biography. She is the co-producer of the award-winning documentary Daddy & Papa, a story of gay fatherhood in America, which premiered at the… Show more Sundance Film Festival and on Independent Lens in 2002. Show less

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    The Film

    Gannet, a 22-year old developmentally disabled young man with symptoms resembling autism, is unable to speak or walk unassisted. His friends are a close-knit group of artists and musicians looking for inspiration and space for their creativity. When Gannet moves out of his mother's house, he moves into their world . . . or is it the other way around? As these friends attempt to form a household together, they create an extraordinary world of interdependence and survival.

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