The child who's older than her mother.
- Date:
- 2003
- Videos
About this work
Description
A documentary about Hayley Okines, a four-year-old British girl with progeria, a rare ageing disease. Children with progeria age about eight times faster than other children and experience early hair loss, a slow growth rate and joint pains. She is one of about forty children in the world diagnosed with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, and she meets many of the other children at a yearly reunion in the United States. We also see her normal routine, such as hospital visits and her first day at school. See also: 'The child who's older than her grandmother' (2005), a follow-up documentary, shelfmark 3009V.
Publication/Creation
UK : Channel 5, 2003.
Physical description
1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sound, color.
Series
Notes
Broadcast on 2 April, 2003
Creator/production credits
Directed by James Routh, produced by Patrick Uden, filmed by Chris Sugden-Smith and edited by Matt Seccull.
Copyright note
Channel 5
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores4090V