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No Bigger Than a Minute by Steven Delano | Click to read the synopsis

Few people ever meet a dwarf face-to-face. In this personal journey, dwarf and documentary filmmaker Steven Delano shows first-hand how a genetic mutation marks a person for life. He reveals the isolation of his school age years, his "ludicrous" strategies to fit in, as well as the mixed blessings of dwarfism. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: Oct. 3, 2006 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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Special Features:
Behind the Lens: Filmmaker Steven Delano

"What I've come to realize, partially through making the film, is that the attention that I get is beneficial because it necessarily means more human interaction between me and the rest of the world."
  —Steven Delano



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Peter Dinklage, Joe Gieb and Meredith Eaton

PERFORMING AND REPRESENTING

Peter Dinklage, Joe Gieb and Meredith Eaton talk more about their lives as performers and dwarfs in these additional clips not shown in the broadcast version of "No Bigger Than a Minute."  » 

Detail of painting: 'The Dwarf Sebasti·n de Morra' by Diego Vel·zquez

DWARFS IN THE ARTS: DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

Considered one of Spain's greatest painters, Velázquez painted several portraits of dwarfs and included dwarfs in many of his works as court painter in Madrid during the early 17th century. Find out more about several of his works, including "Dwarf Don Sebastian de Morra," referenced in "No Bigger Than a Minute."  » 
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Posted September 21, 2006

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