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A
moody teenager believes his family loves his disabled brother more than him and
decides to get revenge… by hurling him off a mountain.
COMING DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN, another excellent
production by the BBC, looks at a family where one child is different – but
which child? And the challenges that causes – but to which child?
The film is a surprisingly unsentimental, but frequently
funny 90 minute drama which explores the volatile relationship between two
brothers. David is a typical 15-year-old with an active imagination. Ben is
slightly older and has Down syndrome.
Written by Mark Haddon, author of the best-selling novel
“The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Haddon’s script deals with Down's syndrome warmly and wittily, rather
than worthily. And it centers on an often overlooked aspect of disability in
the often “feel good, overcoming obstacles, paint-by-numbers” world
of TV dramas -- the way disability affects the entire family.
Features great performances from Tommy Jessop as Ben and
Nicholas Hoult (from ABOUT
A BOY and the controversial TV drama SKINS, shown
stateside on BBC
America) as David. MOUNTAIN is more humorous, and
touching, than you’d expect.
Screened
along with the animated short COUSIN, Academy Award
winner Adam Elliot’s childhood remembrances of a cousin, his special arm,
pet rocks and shopping carts.
Date: Wednesday,
September 30. Doors open at 6:30pm. Screening begins promptly at 7. Refreshments
will be served. Sorry, this film is not captioned.
NEW location:
Suggested donation: $5
Screenings are regularly filled to capacity and
our limited seating is filling up fast. To RSVP and secure YOUR
seat, please email: disTHIS@...
ABOUT US: The disTHIS! Film
Series, a program of the Disabilities Network of New York
City, began in April 2006 to showcase festival quality, cutting edge short,
documentary, feature and experimental films that offer ground-breaking
interpretations of the disability experience beyond "movie of the
week" cliches. Along
with NYU’s Council
for the Study of Disability we began screening disTHIS! @ NYU beginning in February 2009.
Acclaimed by film lovers with and without disabilities, disTHIS!
has been featured in Disability Studies Quarterly, the Tribeca Trib, the
Always provocative; never quite what audiences expect.
Monthly screenings are followed by audience “talk-backs” and
regular appearances by filmmakers, actors and other guests.
Throughout our history, we've teamed with Film Comment,
the BBC,
IFC,
and MTV,
among others, to bring audiences the cutting edge of disability-themed cinema
and television.
disTHIS! is made
possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts,
a state agency, and the generous support of the Fund for the City of New York,
the Screen Actors
Guild, the NYU Community Fund and our
members.
For complete
information, including previous
screenings, go
to: disTHIS.org
Mark your calendars! It’s
the movie Mat Fraser always wanted to make and you’ll see it first @ disTHIS!
Coming up Wednesday, October 14th, disTHIS! goes extreme
with the UNITED STATES PREMIERE of UNARMED
BUT DANGEROUS. WARNING: Not for the
faint of heart, young children, the squeamish or most grandmothers. Star
Mat Fraser will be in attendance for talkback and career retrospective
following the screening! Book your seat NOW, this one is bound to
sell out!!!
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