In the short documentary Fitting, the Scottish filmmaker Caitlin McMullan finds beauty in the creation of her prosthetic leg, and in the unique connection between prosthetist and patient. The film captures how she and her prosthetist, Alison Morton, collaborate to produce the artificial limb via a sequence of measuring, moulding, fitting and feeling. Through her intimate self-portrait, McMullan offers a rare chance to see the extraordinary work that goes into this act of creation, which is at once scientific and methodical, yet also tactile and delicate. And, in her candid conversations with Morton, she provides a revealing look at the contrasting ways each views both the process and the object it produces.
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