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Still time to RSVP for a SPECIAL disTHIS! Halloween Double Feature Wednesday, October 4th!
including "Killer Cure" and Tod Browning's Controversial Classic "Freaks"
Don't Miss Out!
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FREAKS (1932)
Director: Tod Browning
62 minutes
In 1932, MGM studios asked 'Dracula' director, Tod Browning, to produce the most frightening movie ever.
FREAKS was Browning's answer to the challenge. In the film, Browning tells a melodramatic tale of greed and deception using famous real-life sideshow performers of the era.
Considered shocking when first released (audience members were reported to have fainted during screenings) -- and even today, FREAKS was banned in England for 30 years.
FREAKS has the unique position of being both condemned and beloved by disability rights advocates.
Did Browning exploit the performers? Or does FREAKS depict sideshow performers as actual characters rather than horrific metaphors or monsters?
See the film! Decide for yourself!
Shown along with:
Killer Cure (2003)
Director: Steve Carolan
12 minutes
Shoot Your Mouth Off Productions presents a surreal satire in which three people with cerebral palsy explore the implications of the belief disabled people are being punished for sins committed in past lives.
See the shocking result of the "cure" required to rid the world of people with disabilities!
Will our heroes survive?
Join us for a special Halloween edition of the disTHIS! Film Series! An audience discussion with disTHIS! curator, Lawrence Carter-Long, will follow immediately after the screenings.
COST:
FREE!
When:
Wednesday, October 4
Time:
6:30 to 9pm.
Screening starts promptly at 7pm.
Where:
DCTV @ The Firehouse
3rd Floor Screening Room
87 Lafayette Street (between Walker & White), 2 blocks South of the Canal Street Subway Station
Space is limited! Call 212.251.4092 to RSVP or email: Lawrence@...
About us: The disTHIS! Film Series: disability through a whole new lens showcases quality narrative, shorts, documentary and feature films with disability themes beyond clichés, in other words: pride instead of pity, character over charity and direction rather than diagnosis. Our movies will be funny, sexy and maybe even a little startling; always provocative, never quite what you'd expect.
Screenings are free, but space is limited! RSVP while there is still space! Both October's films are captioned and the space is wheelchair accessible.
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http://disthis.org
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