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Hi everyone! My apologies for any duplication of announcements. This is going to be a one-of-a-kind event and we want to make certain no stone is left unturned. First, let me say THANK YOU! We've received an amazing response thus far, but I wanted to stress one more time how important it is that we have a full house next Wednesday 1.) to give the guys a proper Big Apple welcome and 2.) have an impressive showing for IFC and any other media who may be attending to get material for broadcast or publication.
Keep spreading the word via email, blogs, word of mouth, telegram, smoke signals and however else you've been doing it. Your support means the world!
Also, if you can, please let us know if you plan to attend so we can get an accurate sense of what the head count is likely to be.
Very much appreciated. We'll see you on the 18th!
All best,
Lawrence Carter-Long
Director of Advocacy, Disabilities Network of NYC
Founder/Curator, The disTHIS! Film Series: disability through a whole new lens
917-684-3235
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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 movies premiere on the Independent Film Channel (IFC), June 23rd! IFC and other media outlets will be there to document the film screening and post-screening concert at Arlene's Grocery for broadcast! HEAVY LOAD: A FILM ABOUT HAPPINESS 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.
The movie chronicles 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.
The band will also be bringing their STAY UP LATE campaign to the United States. STAY UP LATE is a campaign to ensure that disabled people who want go out and enjoy music don't have to go home early because their support workers don't want to work late. This will be the band's first gig in the NYC and will be a rare chance to catch one of their energetic, and sometimes chaotic, live performances - which have earned them a cult following in the UK!
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@...
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! Presented in association with the Realabilities NY Disability Film Festival. After the screening, STAY UP LATE with HEAVY LOAD as the guys make their NYC concert debut @ Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton Street) with local krip-hop favorites FOUR WHEEL CITY!!! Concert tickets only $8! Get directions here: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.
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