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Joey

NOVA

Run Time: 55 mins

Air Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1976

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PBS

Season 3 - Episode 2

Joey

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NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his life in institutions, unable to communicate with anyone until he met Ernie Roberts. The docudrama recreates Joey's story, with remarkable performances by two spastic actors portraying him as a boy and as a young man. Joey and Ernie themselves appear in the final sequences.

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