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Hidden Abilities

Director Jessie Nelson exposes audiences to the problems of mentally challenged parents in "I Am Sam."

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/hidden_abilities_20011228

When filmmaker Jessie Nelson was growing up in North Hollywood in the 1950s, she was frightened of the mentally disabled. "I had the fear a lot of children have when they are not exposed to people with disabilities," says Nelson, whose wrenching new film, "I Am Sam," tells of a retarded father (Sean Penn) struggling to keep custody of his daughter.

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