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disTHIS! returns Tuesday Sept. 23rd to screen the feature length premiere of Justin Edgar's "Special People" as a part of Realabilities: The First Annual NY Disabilities Film Festival, which debuts this September simultaneously in multiple locations throughout the New York
Based on the award winning, crowed pleasing comedic short (screened at disTHIS! April 2007), Special People (Drama, 80 min, UK, 2007) follows Jasper, a pretentious filmmaker, whose new project leads him to teach a filmmaking class to a group of cynical, disabled teens at the local community center. But when he takes the group to a mountain to craft his "visual poem" on adversity, his students just might push him over the edge.
This witty comedy questions condescending outreach projects, self-defeating attitudes, and the shallowness of the film business - all with a healthy dose of self-parody. Shown with "Stubborn & Spite" @ The JCC in Manhattan. 334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street, 6pm. Get there by subway: 2, 3, or 9 to 72nd Street or by bus: M7 or M11 to West 75th Street.
This "special" screening will be followed by a discussion on film & disabilities with Commissioner Katherine Oliver (Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting), Christine Bruno (Disability Advocate, Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts), Mat Fraser (Actor, “Every Time You Look At Me” / “Stubborn & Spite”) and the films director, Justin Edgar (Filmmaker "Special People"). Moderated by our own Lawrence Carter Long (Director of Advocacy, Disabilities Network of NYC & Curator, the disTHIS! Film Series).
The disTHIS! Film Series, a project of the Disabilities Network of NYC, is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the generous support of our Disabilities Network Members, United Way of New York City, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the Screen Actors Guild, the NYU Community Fund and Bat Entertainment.
Keep the movies coming! Join the Disabilities Network online! For more information, go to: http://disthis.org or http://www.realabilities.org
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