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Since 1970, Superfest Disability Film Festival has celebrated cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, unabashed and engaging lens. They’re resuming in-person screenings and continuing the online options that began in 2020.

October 20th-23rd USA pacific time zone https://time.is/pt

They’ve made online watching easier:

12:01am PT on Thursday October 20 until 11:59pm PT on Sunday October 23! Once you begin a screening, you will have 96 additional hours to finish so just make sure to sign in by Sunday night.

Sliding scale passes $0 - $50. They also offer "watch party" options.

https://www.superfestfilm.com/2022-virtual

Out of the twenty films on the schedule:
https://www.superfestfilm.com/2022-films
I’m really excited for these eight — descriptions copied from that link

( open for cool video )

Anyone up for a watch party?

jesse_the_k

Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. For more than 30 years, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. Superfest is one of the few festivals worldwide that prioritizes access for disabled filmgoers of all kinds.

Visit http://www.superfestfilm.com/tickets for movie schedules, how the Zoom-based discussions will work, and sliding scale ($0 - $50) tickets for an entire weekend of programming: three film screenings and four panel discussions.

All movies are open-captioned and audio described; all live programming includes captions and ASL interpreters.

Lineup of films and panels

Friday, October 16, 5:30 - 8:30pm PT (0030 - 0330 UTC 17 Oct)
1 70-minute narrative film on Friday, followed by a panel: "Disability, Blackness, and Representation"
Saturday, October 17, 2 - 4:45pm PT (2100 - 2345 UTC)
6 short films totaling 52-minutes on Saturday followed by panel: "Representations of Disability with Superfest Filmmakers & Subjects"
Sunday, October 18, 2 - 4:45pm PT and 5-6pm PT (2100 - 2345 18 Oct and 0000 - 0100 19 Oct UTC)
8 short films totaling 74 minutes on Sunday followed by two panels: "Emerging Disability Filmmakers" and "Jurors Tell All!"

Full details at http://www.superfestfilm.com/2020-films

jazzyjj

Hi all. Sorry if the subject line is a bit vague, but I'm wondering if the song that I've linked to here was actually meant to be sort of a disability-rights advocacy thing or if the timing when it came out was just right. The reason I ask is because I just heard another song by these guys a few minutes ago when I was at a neighbor friend's place across the hall. I've always really enjoyed these guys, and there is an advocacy organization here in Chicago called Access Living. Their website used to have a video with this song playing in the background, and it might still be up there but I haven't gotten it to play. Anyway, I was just curious about this. https://is.gd/D0UXiG

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: bachelor pad.
Current Music: CSN&Y

rhivolution

After reading Anna's post on FWD about fiction books regarding disability, I remembered a post that I'd been meaning to make for a little while regarding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in fiction. (By the way, help Anna out if you're so inclined! I have lousy memory and therefore am little assistance...)

My list is not particularly long.

So, if you know of fictional representations of OCD--on stage, screen, or pages both virtual and dead-tree--please have a look at my list and commentary here. They don't necessarily have to be well-done representations either, as I'm looking to just compile a list for my own analytical purposes.

Thanks, all!

Current Mood: hopeful

sasha_feather

Oh Happy Day! A member of

access_fandom gave the comm a month of paid time! This community is made up of a passel of awesome people, so let's celebrate our paid time by having an Open Thread for introductions, pictures, links, and general chatting. Post recs of movies, books, fanfic, or other media that have positive portrayals of disability. Post pictures, vids, art, or icons. Say a little something about yourself and how your day or week has gone.

I'll get us started with this amazing video of a man, Michael DiMartino signing and dancing to the Britney Spears song "Womanizer". The video warns that "some images may not be suitable for children." There is also text at the beginning that says, 'Womanizer: a man that uses women for his own "needs"', by which I interpret that the vidder is subverting the word.

The direct link to the YouTube clip is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Yw3bKniFM

( lyrics to the song under the cut )

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