{"id":19836,"date":"2012-09-05T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T22:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=19836"},"modified":"2012-09-05T20:13:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:13:03","slug":"3rd-annual-disability-from-real-to-reel-film-festival-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/09\/05\/3rd-annual-disability-from-real-to-reel-film-festival-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"3RD Annual Disability From Real to Reel Film Festival – Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

DISABILITY FROM REAL TO REEL<\/strong>
\nCinema Festival<\/p>\n

Sponsored by VSA Texas: The State Organization on Arts and Disability\u00a0and The Amerigroup Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Amerigroup\u00a0Health Care<\/p>\n

September 14 and 15, 2012
\nDougherty Arts Center Theater
\n1110 Barton Springs Road
\nAustin, TX 78704<\/p>\n

This festival is FREE but donations are most welcome.<\/p>\n

***Attention! Individuals needing accommodations to participate should\u00a0contact VSA Texas, (512-454-9912) by Friday, September 7th for ASL\u00a0interpretation, CART, Live Audio Description, and information in\u00a0Braille are available upon advance request. All foreign language films\u00a0are subtitled and verbally translated. All venues are wheelchair\u00a0accessible.<\/p>\n

*All films open captioned and upon request audio description will be
\nprovided. Further details at bottom of page.<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 7:00 – 9:00pm<\/p>\n

No More Nukes (5 min)
\nVictor Gallo, local musician, artist and filmmaker gives the audience
\npoetic lyrics, and visualization of commentary on nuclear weapons. The
\nfilmmaker, Victor Gallo will be on hand for Q&A.<\/p>\n

It’s a Blind Chick Thing (20 min)
\nA 19 year old blind Italian Egyptian Muslim female comedian giggles her
\nway to the gig of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Cooking with Brain Injury (10 min)
\nA short comedy that infuses humor into recollections of the daily
\nstruggles of life after traumatic brain injury. The events depicted are
\nall true. This is the first in a series of short comedic films intended
\nto encourage frank dialogue about brain injury. Featuring Cheryl Green,
\nMFA, MS and former Actual Lives Austin intern. Cheryl Green, the
\nfilmmaker will be on hand for Q&A<\/p>\n

Rudely Interrupted (60 min)
\nRudely Interrupted is a one hour documentary following this band’s
\njourney from the pub stages of Melbourne all the way to the UN in New
\nYork and their European tour beyond. As well as the usual challenges
\nevery band faces while on the road, this documentary delves into the
\nlives of each of its members. Their disabilities though obviously a
\npart of the story take a backseat to coverage of the tour, and the
\ndynamics of this unique group of people.<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 10:00am – 12:00pm<\/p>\n

The Great Mouse Tales (12 min)
\nThe Great Little Mouse is an animated story written by Mary Egan, a
\nwoman with developmental disabilities. It is the story of Reggie, a
\nnaughty, flying mouse, who helps bring people together. The narrator
\nand all the voices of the characters are performed by people with
\ndevelopmental disabilities. Sprout make-a-movie Production<\/p>\n

Anything You Can Do (7 \u00bd min)
\nTwo boys face off in a back room. The competition is fierce. Faces are
\npulled, grapes are thrown and burps are unleashed. But when the stakes
\nare at their highest will victory be sweet?<\/p>\n

Titanic (11 min)
\nA collaborative New Media Arts film project done by Crockett HS
\nstudents. A film of the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic.<\/p>\n

Jowls (10 min)
\nWhat do Sharks, a threatened town and sandwiches have in common? A
\ncollaborative film by filmmaker, Andrew Grimes and Arc of the Arts.<\/p>\n

Flying Anne (21 min)
\nEleven-year-old Anne wavers between being bossy and shy, daring and
\nintroverted, accomplished and frustrated. A typical tween, she fights
\nwith her sisters and courts a young admirer. Atypically, she
\ncompulsively twirls and licks objects. Flying Anne is a
\nthree-dimensional portrait of a girl with Tourette’s looking for love,
\nacceptance and understanding, just like the rest of us.<\/p>\n

The Greatest Show On Earth (24 min)
\nPulses like a Latin drumbeat as it follows Nana, a charismatic young
\ndeaf woman as she chases her samba dancing dream from London to Rio’s
\nfamed Carnival. Nana’s journey is all about life’s possibilities, and
\nthis high-octane documentary shows what can happen when hard work and
\nbig dreams are combined.<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2:00 – 4:30pm<\/p>\n

Friending with Brain Injury (12 min)
\nIn the vein of “The Dating Game” of the 1960s, this film takes a
\nbitingly humorous look at social isolation after brain injury. The Host
\nworks tirelessly to get the players with brain injuries to behave just
\nas she wants them to and to follow her rules. The contestants and guest
\nstar find their own way to forming an alliance as they uncover the
\nexperiences they share with each other that the Host refuses to respect
\nor understand. Cheryl Green, the filmmaker will be on hand for Q&A.<\/p>\n

The Eighth Day (Le Huitieme Jour) (112 min)
\nThe 1996 feature-length Belgian film tells the story of a chance
\nfriendship that develops between a divorced business man and a young
\nman with Down’s syndrome. WARNING: The ending may be disturbing to
\nsome.<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 7- 9:00pm<\/p>\n

Zut- Alors, animation (10 min)
\nA humorous adventure of what One can do, Two can do better. Jeann
\nStern, the filmmaker will be on hand for a Q&A<\/p>\n

Face of Our Fear (51 min)
\nStephen Dwoskin, was a highly experimental filmmaker who used
\ncontemporary film clips, literary quotations, performance, and
\npictorial records in Face Of Our Fear looking at the infatuation with
\n“monsters” during the Middle Ages, the “charity cripples” of the
\nEnlightenment, the freak shows of the nineteenth century, each a resort
\nto oppressive stigmatization.<\/p>\n

Scarlet Road (70 min)
\nAustralian sex worker Rachel Wotton works with many clients with
\ndisability. Scarlet Road follows Rachel’s special connection with two
\nremarkable men. John was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 26 years
\nago, and Mark was born with cerebral palsy. Mark’s parents, Elaine and
\nSpag, also meet with Rachel to help make their son’s long time dream
\ncome true. This unique film gives voice to John and Mark as they
\ngenerously share moments of sexual self-discovery. WARNING: This is not
\nfor children.<\/p>\n

***Attention! Individuals needing accommodations to participate should
\ncontact VSA Texas, (512-454-9912) by Friday, September 7th for ASL
\ninterpretation, CART, Live Audio Description, and information in
\nBraille are available upon advance request. All foreign language films
\nare subtitled and verbally translated. All venues are wheelchair
\naccessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DISABILITY FROM REAL TO REEL Cinema Festival Sponsored by VSA Texas: The State Organization on Arts and Disability\u00a0and The Amerigroup Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Amerigroup\u00a0Health Care September 14 and 15, 2012 Dougherty Arts Center Theater 1110 Barton Springs Road…<\/p>\n

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