Paria ***

Short Documentary

Director: Jona Elfdahl

Year: 2008

Interesting bits of personal philosophy spewed by an embittered but very intelligent swedish 27-year-old handicapped person. Interesting, thought provoking, and moving, especially when we see the reaction to the news about genetic engineering rendering down-syndrome a possible thing of the past. Adryan calls it a massacre, a type of genocide perpetuated against those born with any kind of "disability".

Adryan argues that the only real human beings are those that suffer from disease and weakness, that it is such an essential part of the human experience that when God came to earth in the form of Jesus, Jesus allowed himself to suffer because God knew he had to suffer if he was ever really going to relate to the human experience.

Production wise, little more than hand-held home video of Adryan's interesting monologues.