Celine Dion Supported Director Irene Taylor, DP Nick Midwig Showing Her Stiff Person Syndrome Spasm In ‘I Am: Celine Dion’ – Contenders Documentary

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In I Am: Celine Dion, the French-Canadian singer allowed director Irene Taylor and cinematographer Nick Midwig to film her struggles with stiff person syndrome.

Dion received the diagnosis in 2022 and later had to cancel her world tour due to muscle spasms and rigidity. One such spasm occurred while Taylor and Midwig were rolling, and it appears in the film. “We both stood back and assessed, like, ‘Are we in the way?’” Midwick said during Deadline’s awards-season event Contenders Documentary. “No. ‘Are we inhibiting her from any medical attention that she could get?’ No.

Was there anything that we could do to assist in aiding her in any way? No, we’re not trained medical professionals.” Midwig added that the episode took 40 minutes in real life.

It is edited down to a few minutes in the film but still conveys what has become a regular occurrence in Dion’s life. “I can imagine that was probably vindicating in some way for her of like, ‘This is a really serious disease.