Think of Me First as a Person

Think of Me First as a Person
Directed by	George Ingmire
Starring	Dwight Core (voice) Dwight Core Jr.
Cinematography	Dwight Core
Edited by	George Ingmire
Release date	2006 (2006)
Country	United States
Language	English

Think of Me First as a Person is a documentary film and home movie about Dwight Core Jr., a boy with Down syndrome. The footage was originally shot throughout the 1960s and '70s by Core's father, Dwight Core Sr. The footage was later discovered and completed by the filmmaker's grandson, George Ingmire.

The film was first shown at New Orleans' 2006 Home Movie Day. Later that year, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, an honor bestowed every year to twenty-five films deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The Library of Congress's statement announcing the 2006 additions to the Registry called the film a "loving portrait by a father of his son with Down syndrome" that represented "the creativity and craftsmanship of the American amateur filmmaker."

The film's title comes from the 1974 Rita Dranginis poem of the same name.

See also

• Lily: A Longitudinal View of Life with Down Syndrome

External links

• Think of Me First as a Person at IMDb
• Library of Congress press release
• Editor and Director George Ingmire's website
• Website for the film "Think of Me First as a Person"
• Home Movie Day News blog entry on film.
• Hollywood Reporter article that includes information about new non-Hollywood additions to the National Film Registry
• Rita Dranginis, "Think Of Me First As A Person."