Jabe Babe - A Heightened Life
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Jabe Babe – A Heightened Life is a 2005 Australia
n documentary film
directed by Janet Merewether.
The subject of the film is Jabe Babe, a woman diagnosed with marfan syndrome
, a hereditary disorder which affects organs including the skeleton, lungs, eyes, heart, and blood vessels. The disorder has resulted in Jabe Babe growing to 188 centimetres in height. After being told she only had a short time to live, Jabe Babe embarks on living life as though her time is nearly through, which includes working as a dominatrix
.The film follows Jabe as she strives for a more "normal" life by pursuing a career in the funeral industry.
The film won the award for Best Documentary Directing Award at the 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards
, Best Australian Documentary at the 2005 Inside Film Awards
and the Merit Award TIDF Taiwan International Documentary Festival.
Babe died on 6 April 2008 from heart complications
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Janet Merewether.
The subject of the film is Jabe Babe, a woman diagnosed with marfan syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. People with Marfan's tend to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers....
, a hereditary disorder which affects organs including the skeleton, lungs, eyes, heart, and blood vessels. The disorder has resulted in Jabe Babe growing to 188 centimetres in height. After being told she only had a short time to live, Jabe Babe embarks on living life as though her time is nearly through, which includes working as a dominatrix
Dominatrix
Dominatrix or mistress is a woman or women who takes the dominant role in bondage, discipline and sadomasochism, or BDSM. A common form of address for a submissive to a dominatrix is "mistress", "ma'am", "domina" or "maîtresse"...
.The film follows Jabe as she strives for a more "normal" life by pursuing a career in the funeral industry.
The film won the award for Best Documentary Directing Award at the 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
, Best Australian Documentary at the 2005 Inside Film Awards
Inside Film Awards
The Inside Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, a format created by Australian Producer Andrew Dillon...
and the Merit Award TIDF Taiwan International Documentary Festival.
Babe died on 6 April 2008 from heart complications