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Next @ the disTHIS! Film Series: disability through a whole new lens
Title: Ready, Willing & Able (2001)
Director: Jenni Gold
Running Time: 85 minutes
Think people with disabilities are heroic? Normally, we'd argue against the stereotype, but if the wheelchair user packs a piece and blows up semi-trucks even we concede.
Christopher Templeton (Young and the Restless, Hill Street Blues, Fraiser), herself a polio survivor, stars as Samantha "Sam" Martin, a CIA special agent determined to continue her career after she is injured in the line of duty. When Sam discovers a deadly chemical weapons conspiracy she does what agents to best -- assembles a ragtag team of specialists and embark on a seemingly impossible and deadly mission. Did we mention that Sam, uses a wheelchair?
This fast-paced independently produced thriller, by award-winning director Jenni Gold, has enjoyed sold-out screenings and has been honored at film festivals across the United States and Europe.
Accolades
-- First Place “Sunshine Celluloid” award (Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival)
-- Opening Film (Hermosa Beach Film Festival)
-- Closing Film (Dances With Films Festival)
-- Opening Film (London Disability Film Festival)
-- Finalist (California Governor's Media Access Awards)
Followed by our ever-popular audience discussion with Lawrence Carter-Long, the Director of Advocacy for the Disabilities Network of NYC and curator of the disTHIS! Film Series, film buffs and community activists.
WHAT: READY, WILLING AND ABLE
WHEN: Wednesday, August 1st
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).
TIME: 6:30 to 9pm. Screening starts @ 7pm
disTHIS! movies, talkback sessions and related events are open to the public. $5 suggested donation. This film is not captioned. ASL interpretation available upon request. Snacks are provided and there is a cash bar for drinks, but recent screenings following articles in the NY Times and the New York Nonprofit Press have been filled to capacity. Space is limited to the first 65 people! Don't miss out!
Call 212.251.4092 to RSVP and reserve YOUR seat or email: Lawrence@...
The disTHIS! Film Series, a program of the Disabilities Network of NYC in association with DCTV, showcases independent and international short, documentary and feature films with disability themes you are unlikely to see elsewhere. disTHIS! movies are always provocative; never what audiences expect. No handkerchief necessary, no heroism required. This is disability through a whole new lens. We are made possible, in part, by the generous support of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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