Raising the Bar is a 2016 documentary film that follows six young individuals with Down syndrome from Australia and India who perform a dance routine at the World Down Syndrome Congress 2015 in Chennai, India.
[1] The film is directed by Onir and co-produced by Mitu Bhowmick Lange and e.motion21, a non-profit Australian organisation.
As they prepare themselves, the documentary portrays their ordinariness and the challenges that they face while providing insight into the vastly different cultures and communities across the two countries.
The film was shot in Melbourne, Kolhapur, Delhi, Agra, and Chennai in 2015.
[citation needed] Raising The Bar was well-received by critics who praised it for its intimate camerawork[5] and "intrinsically moving" theme.