SYNOPSIS

Temple Grandin. A young, autistic woman sees the world like no other, taking snapshots of the world in her mind, and recalling them without thought.

She substitutes human contact for a life of caring for animals, developing humane methods of taking care of livestock destined for the slaughterhouse. Her peculiar communication skills and intelligence shed new light on pre-conceived norms of autism.

Misunderstood her entire life, by her peers, her parents, and her teachers, she manages to teach them all new lessons in life. She excels at all levels of school, and eventually becomes a college valedictorian, and even manages to earn her doctorate. Her ‘squeeze’ machine, hugs her giving her comfort and the love that she is incapable of receiving from human contact.

Despite challenges from everyone she meets, she overcomes their fear and loathing of her, and wins them over, throughout her difficult life. She goes on to change an industry – fighting the man’s world of the cattle industry as she creates new and humane ways for dealing with cattle, treating them with respect and even saving the cattle industry money.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

February 06, 2010

DIRECTOR

Mick Jackson

WRITER

Christopher Monger, Merritt Johnson (teleplay) (as William Merritt Johnson), Temple Grandin & Margaret Scarciano (book "Emergence")

COMPANY

Home Box Office (HBO)

GENRE

Biography, Drama

CERT

PG

RUNTIME

103 minutes

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