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Jewel TV-PG 2001 1h 36m Drama List Reviews 55% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A loving mother and wife (Farrah Fawcett) in 1940s Mississippi focuses her undivided attention on her newborn child...
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Feb 7, 2001 · Jewel: Directed by Paul Shapiro. With Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Bergin, Cicely Tyson, Ashley Wolfe. In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with four healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down syndrome.
A hard-hitting TV film, Jewel really hits home the stresses and strains of bringing up a Down's Syndrome child. It's also a factual movie, where we learn that just because a child has a disability it does not mean it can't be loved any different to a 'normal' child.
In 1945, Jewel Hilburn (Farrah Fawcett), 39, and her husband Leston (Patrick Bergin), 41, are living in poverty in rural Mississippi, and raising their four children: Raylene (Rachel Skarsten), Burton (Kyle Fairlie), Wilman , and Annie (Alexis Vandermaelen).
Review by ambusched94 ★★★. A touching film with Farah Fawcett giving a naturally nuanced lead performance as an older mother trying to give her Down Syndrome daughter the best life and care she can despite all the hardships and stigma surrounding it in the ‘40s through the ‘60s. One of the better TV films I’ve seen recently.
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with four healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down syndrome.
Feb 7, 2001 · Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Jewel (2001) - Paul Shapiro, Paul W. Shapiro on AllMovie - Based on fact, the made-for-TV drama Jewel begins….
