Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

Jul 4, 2025

0h 40m

★ 0.0

Slaughterman. Gravedigger. War Poet.

Overview

Born in 1948, Peter Street struggled at school with epilepsy and illiteracy in Bolton, Lancashire, and, later in life, as a slaughterman, a gravedigger and a war poet. At 66 years old he was then diagnosed with autism, and his world changed forever.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Serious Feather

Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street Trailers

Cast

Himself

Peter Street

Narrator

Peter D. Firth

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6.4

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4.2

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10.0

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7.0

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7.2

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6.9

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5.0

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6.8

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7.3

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1.0

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7.5

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Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

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Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street

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