Nectar Loving the life you have lived

Written and directed by Liz Crow
16 minute drama
 2005
With audio description, captioning and BSL interpretation

Walter Kendall has lived all his 91 years in the same city. After his beloved wife Gloria dies, he is overtaken with memories of the day he discovered what he really wanted from life.

It’s 1931 and Walter is a young deaf swimmer bound for glory. But on the eve of selection for the Olympic squad, Walter knows with sudden clarity that the dream he is following is not his own. Can he find the courage to turn from the expectations of others towards a life and language of his own? Trusting his instincts, Walter finds that simplicity can make for the sweetest of lives.

Nectar is accompanied by three-part documentary Making Nectar.