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Dominique
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Dominique follows a young woman in Spearfish with Down Syndrome as she navigates life's challenges.
Dominique is a 28-year-old born with Down Syndrome. With support from her family, shee is an independent woman – hunting, working at Culver’s, and singing her favorite songs. Her disability does not define her – her abilities do. The film follows Dominique over 5 days to explore her and her family’s life in Spearfish, SD as she prepares to go on the big hunt with her dad
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Dominique
Special | 14m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Dominique is a 28-year-old born with Down Syndrome. With support from her family, shee is an independent woman – hunting, working at Culver’s, and singing her favorite songs. Her disability does not define her – her abilities do. The film follows Dominique over 5 days to explore her and her family’s life in Spearfish, SD as she prepares to go on the big hunt with her dad
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You got him?
mm-hmm.
Do you want to practice once or Yeah just... You good?
Yeah just do it.
Ok, its ready.
Good job.
Follow that leg, remember.
I know.
Let's try again.
I know you got stage fright.
How about those two down by your Are you going hunting too, this Yes.
Where are you going?
Uh, just, it isn't that far.
Oh, okay.
What are you shooting?
What are you hunting for?
Mule deer.
Ooh.
What do you think, you're g one?
Yeah, yeah.
Like that big one.
Yes.
That'll be awesome.
Yeah.
How are you doing, guys?
You should come to the range.
A range?
Get you out there shooting with Oh, yeah, a gun.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You'd probably outshoot us.
No no, no.
Yeah you would.
You probably would half of us.
She's always smiling.
That's what I love most about he And it's genuine.
It's real, you That's my favorite thing about D Ok, see you.
She has pretty nails.
Okay.
Okay.
Yeah.
You guys gotta go.
You're so sweet, doggy.
Thank you very much.
Yeah.
Here you are.
Thank you very much.
Yeah.
Twilight pictures.
Twilight movies.
Those are Cullen's family and friends.
Gold...gold medal.
And running track, baseball.
I'm gonna watch Twilight clips.
It is Cat Noir.
Theyre doing this, doing that.
Easy here rooster... That's a big... that's a mule de Where do you shoot him?
He's not sideways.
He's not sideways.
Hes a big... If you shoot up here, all you're do is break his leg.
I can't.
Shoot by his heart.
Yep.
Yeah.
Oh you got him!
He got that.
He did it.
Good job, Dominique.
We're making him fatter, making bigger and fatter.
They'll be tastier.
You can get that one.
Oh, he is a big fish.
Quack quack quack quack quack qu Here you go.
All right.
I'm gonna try to get one right there.
Oh, too far ahead.
He got it.
He's not fast enough.
Here you go, big fish.
Oh, he got that one.
Who would have thought when we h that we'd have this much joy?
You know, I mean, you just, it's oh my God, how am I going to dea How am I going to deal with this You know?
Nah.
Just like you would any other ki And I think all these experience given to me because I needed to learn those And so I look at things differen Um, when something comes at me, I just go, okay, what am I suppo you know?
And when you look at it that way you can let go of all that fear, whatever it is you know you're d and you just look at it as, okay there's something that I'm going going to come out better, you know, after this.
Oh that fish.
Yeah, he's got a red belly.
A red belly.
I'll show you - see if I can fee Yeah, I got it right now.
Oh, here comes one.
Here comes a mama duck.
It's so nice here.
It's very nice here.
It's good t of the house, isn't it?
Yeah, yeah.
It's good to spend time with you because you always go hunting wi Yeah.
You're gonna be hunting all week Mom ... Mom is cool.
Yeah.
Get over Poo.
Poodle is cool.
Poodle you're being a good girl.
This is a good poodle.
Good girl They're engaged.
I'm gonna be engaged.
You're gonna be engaged?
Gotta find a nice guy.
Nice guy... When you get married, are you go have a fancy dress like that?
Yeah.
It's gonna be long?
Or is it gon short?
Gonna be long?
Uh, I need long, big dress.
A great big, long one, that drags behind you like that.
Because... I love my daddy.
Yeah, a father and daughter.
Yeah.
We got our tags.
Very nice families.
Moms.
Dad.
Mom and dad and Rudy and me.
And hunt.
Hunting.
Um.
And cousins.
Uncles.
You're funny.
And I'm a baby.
A baby you know.
Yeah.
Hardly ever see a bad day with t I can't count them on one hand I And... that is the closest thing to a l angel that youre ever gonna kno
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