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Christena Hampson, writer and director of “My Lala,” with two of her producers, Nathan Fleet, left, and Jeremy Major, at a Feb. 9 crowdfunding appeal for the film.

When Angela Laidman was born in 1976, her mother Dawn was told she’d never walk or talk and to put her in an institution.

That was a no go for Dawn, who took her daughter out of the hospital a month later. She was later diagnosed with Noonan syndrome.

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The family behind the movie “My Lala” at a Feb. 9 crowdfunding for the film: Angela Laidman, her older sister/writer/director Christena Hampson and mom Dawn Laidman. Hampson hopes to start filming later the year.

Production partners Jeremy Major and Christena Hampson at a Feb. 9 crowdfunding event for the movie “My Lala.”

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