There's an event I've been involved with in the past,
and I think you should know about this year's
iteration.

Al Bouchard

> Subject: 3rd Annual Reel Life Disability Film
> Festival - PLEASE pass on
> To:
>
> 3rd Annual Reel Life Disability Film Festival
> October 28, 2006 1-11PM
>
> Dearborn Community & Performing Arts Center, Studio
> A
> 15801 Michigan Avenue @ Greenfield, Dearborn, MI
> 48126
>
> Sign language interpreters and descriptive audio
> available on request in
> advance only.
> Tickets at the door $15.00, In advance $10.00
> Tickets available for
> purchase online via PayPal.
>
> Advertising in the film festival program is the
> sole source of funding for
> the film festival and advertisers are still being
> sought.
>
> For further information -
> http://www.katrinadisability.info/reellife.html
> (248) 295-2414
>
> Film is a powerful way to communicate across
> cultures and experiences. Reel
> Life: A Disability Film Festival is about
> celebrating the lives of people
> with disabilities and the rich and varied disability
> culture that has
> developed to express the unique experiences and
> perspectives of the
> disability community. It is also about repairing the
> fractures and
> misunderstandings between people with different
> types of disabilities and
> about enlightening the non-disabled world about the
> reality of life with
> disability.
>
> Schedule (Estimated times only)
>
> 1-2:15 ----- Borderline: The People Against Eunice
> Shriver
> (What happens when a person identified with
> borderline MR faces the criminal
> justice System?)
>
> 2:30-3 ------ My Class Life as an Artist: A Portrait
> of Larry Bissonnette
> (Is Larry's autism a disability or an outlet for
> creativity?)
>
> 3-4 ----------- Spit it Out
> (Stuttering - how hard is it to live as a
> stutterer?)
>
> 4:15-5:30 -- Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind
> climber ascents to the top of
> Mt. McKinley
> (Original film of climb. How limiting is
> disability?)
>
> Pizza Break
>
> 6-6:30 ------ Performing Arts Studio West
> 3 short films. Documentary on PASW, dance
> performances, and a film dedicated
> to Katrina Survivors
>
> 7-7:45 ----- A Student like Micah
> (What future do today's children who experience
> inclusive education have
> beyond high school?)
>
> 8-9 ---------- Shining Soul: Helen Keller's
> Spiritual Life & Legacy
> (What message does Helen Keller's life have for us
> today?)
>
> 9-9:30 ----- Adopting Ginny
> (What happens when you are put in an institution as
> a child and start living
> on the outside when you are 63?)
>
> 9:30-10:30 ----- Chronicle: The Life and Times of
> Laura Gumina
> (Can you imagine living your life with bi-polar
> disorder?)
>
> --
> Teddy's Ts - Tshirts, bumper stickers & buttons with
> empowering disability
> messages http://www.teddyfitzm.info
>
> Dearborn's Disability Awareness Day - October 19 -
> 9:30-3:30PM
> http://www.dearborn-disabilities.org/dad.html
>
> "if you hide in your closet, you can't complain if
> it's not accessible."
>
> Visit http://www.ideas4all.org for resources to help
> people with
> disabilities to live the life they love. Film
> Festival Call for Entries now
> online. NEW disability calendar and Job Board. A
> page of resources for each
> state, territory, and commonwealth to help in an
> emergency or in your
> everyday life. Still has the Katrina specific pages
> that started it all.
>


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