Truelove: The Film

Streaming video - 2022

An award-winning documentary feature film that gives viewers a glimpse of what it’s like to experience the world through the eyes of Callie Truelove, an angelic teenage girl with a rare genetic disorder known as Williams syndrome, that gives her the superpower of LOVE! Rooted in a deletion of a group of specific genes on chromosome #7, this condition can manifest in devastating physical and developmental challenges, but it also often comes with some near-miraculous side effects as well. Callie grew only seeing the good and the positive in the world and the people around her. This unburdened outlook on life, combined with her loving and compassionate heart has already affected countless people around the world through her social media, ran...ging from lifting their spirits to enriching their days to literally saving lives… This film chronicles Callie’s fantastic journey across America, as she spreads her special brand of Truelove while meeting other individuals living with Williams syndrome, and their families. In the process – together they will enlighten the world about this fascinating disorder and promote the power of unconditional love, in hopes that humanity can then take a good look at itself in the mirror and say, “It’s not what’ wrong with them… its what’s wrong with us…”

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Subjects
Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Premiere Digital 2022.
2024.
Language
English
Other Authors
Phil Viardo (film director)
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).