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Next @ the disTHIS! Film Series: disability through a whole new lens
HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS
HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS
Followed by Q & A with the band!
SPECIAL DATE: Wednesday, June 18th!
Join disTHIS! for the NY premiere of HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS, a feature documentary about the UK’s only ‘mixed-ability’ punk band prior to the film's premiere on IFC, June 23rd! In addition, IFC will be there to record the film screening and post-screening concert for broadcast! HEAVY LOAD opened to rave reviews last March at the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Rural England’s answer to the Ramones, the band includes musicians with and without developmental disabilities. True to their punk roots, the band was recently considered “too hardcore for BBC Radio Four” (the English equivalent of NPR) when a segment on the band was axed from a story about disability and self-determination. HEAVY LOAD, the movie, captures a year in the life of the band as they hit the road and attempt to navigate a combustible flux of ego, ambition, and fantasy that fuels any emerging act on tour.
SPECIAL DATE: Wednesday, June 18th
WHERE: DCTV, 3rd Floor Screening Room
87 Lafayette Street (By Subway: 6, N, R, Q, W, J, M, Z to Canal Street; go two blocks south) between Walker & White.
START TIME: Doors open 5:30pm. Screening begins @ 6pm.
DONATION: A bargain @ $5!!!
DON’T MISS OUT! To RSVP and reserve YOUR seat, call: 212.284.4160 or email: disthis@...
SPECIAL DATE: Wednesday, June 18th
WHERE: DCTV, 3rd Floor Screening Room
87 Lafayette Street (By Subway: 6, N, R, Q, W, J, M, Z to Canal Street; go two blocks south) between Walker & White.
START TIME: Doors open 5:30pm. Screening begins @ 6pm.
DONATION: A bargain @ $5!!!
DON’T MISS OUT! To RSVP and reserve YOUR seat, call: 212.284.4160 or email: disthis@...
“Don’t be misled by the title. HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS plays like Metallica’s SOME KIND OF MONSTER meets HOW’S YOUR NEWS,” says disTHIS! curator, Lawrence Carter-Long. “It’s everything you want in a band movie with a disability twist. Not to be missed!”
disTHIS! movies, talkback sessions and related events are open to the public. $5 donation. There will be a discussion with the band and film director following the screening! HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS is captioned. ASL interpretation available upon request. Space is wheelchair accessible. There is a cash bar for drinks, but space is limited to the first 65 people! WELCOME THE BAND TO NYC! DON’T MISS OUT! Call 212.284.4160 to reserve YOUR seat or email: disthis@...
WANT TO BE ON TV? After the screening, STAY UP LATE with HEAVY LOAD as the Independent Film Channel (IFC) records their NYC concert debut @ Arlene’s Grocery with local krip-hop favorites FOUR WHEEL CITY!!! HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS premieres on IFC June 23rd! Concert tickets only $8!
About us: The disTHIS! Film Series, a program of the Disabilities Network of NYC in association with DCTV, is a showcase of festival quality independent and international short, documentary and feature films with disability themes beyond clichés. disTHIS! movies are always provocative; never what you’d expect. No handkerchief necessary, no heroism required. This is disability through a whole new lens!
The disTHIS! Film Series is made possible by the generous support of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the Screen Actors Guild, the NYU Community Fund, the United Way and our members.
For more information & to sign up for exclusive email updates, go to: http://disthis.org
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