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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Sessions
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U.S. poet and journalist Mark O'Brien (1949-1999) contracted polio and subsequently lived in an iron lung for four decades. O'Brien's bid to lose his virginity provides the storyline for The Sessions.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Poliomyelitis.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

    Note: director Ben Lewin contracted polio as a six-year-old, and uses crutches for mobility.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Such Much Films ; Rhino Films ,       2012 .
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      • This fim also won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize, (ensemble acting) in the U.S. Drama category.
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Works about this Work

Primary Intimacy David Stratton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 November 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Sessions Ben Lewin , 2012 single work film/TV
Doctors Orders Tony Wilson , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 83 2012; (p. 20)
Filmmaker Crafts Tale of Intimacy and New Beginnings Philippa Hawker , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2012; (p. 3)
— Review of The Sessions Ben Lewin , 2012 single work film/TV
Award Win Has Director Thinking of Home Ed Gibbs , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2012; (p. 3)
Reel Time : Best Men Proves a Hit Michael Bodey , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 February 2012; (p. 16)
Filmmaker Crafts Tale of Intimacy and New Beginnings Philippa Hawker , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2012; (p. 3)
— Review of The Sessions Ben Lewin , 2012 single work film/TV
Primary Intimacy David Stratton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 November 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Sessions Ben Lewin , 2012 single work film/TV
Aust Writer Wins Sundance Award Clare Morgan , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 January 2012; (p. 2)
Sundance Hit is Surrogate for Rebirth Ed Gibbs , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 January 2012; (p. 12) 'After the success of The Surrogate, Australian writer and director Ben Lewin wants to return home for his next project, writes Ed Gibbs .'
Reel Time : Best Men Proves a Hit Michael Bodey , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 February 2012; (p. 16)
Award Win Has Director Thinking of Home Ed Gibbs , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2012; (p. 3)
Doctors Orders Tony Wilson , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 83 2012; (p. 20)
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Awards

2012 winner Sundance Film Festival (USA) — U.S. Drama Films — Best Film, Audience Award
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