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Cast

Jonny Kennedy

Jonny Kennedy

Crew

Patrick Collerton

Patrick Collerton

Director

Patrick Collerton

Patrick Collerton

Producer

Eric Harwood

Eric Harwood

Executive Producer

Tony Coldwell

Tony Coldwell

Cinematography

Richard Ranken

Richard Ranken

Cinematography

Nick Fenton

Nick Fenton

Editor

Tommy Hair

Tommy Hair

Sound

Bob Jackson

Bob Jackson

Sound Mixer

Bob Newton

Bob Newton

Sound

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Aerial Camera

Peter Thompson

Peter Thompson

Aerial Camera

Sue Giovanni

Sue Giovanni

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John McMullin

John McMullin

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The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off

20047.5 / 1050 min
Documentary

Overview

A year ago, 36-year-old Jonny Kennedy died. He had a terrible genetic condition called Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - which meant that his skin literally fell off at the slightest touch, leaving his body covered in agonizing sores and leading to a final fight against skin cancer. In his last months Jonny decided to work with filmmaker Patrick Collerton to document his life and death, and the result was a film, first broadcast in March, that was an uplifting, confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man. Not shying away from the grim reality of EB, the film was also a celebration of a life lived to the full.