Up Syndrome
2000, NR, 82 min.
Directed by Duane Graves, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rene Moreno.

Graves’ locally produced documentary chronicles a year in the life of his charismatic childhood friend Rene Moreno, a San Antonio native with Down syndrome. The film, which takes an alternative approach toward an often over-sentimentalized subject, has shown and won awards at various film festivals including Slamdance and the Austin Film Festival.

This article appears in March 15 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.