On the October 16th, 2014 edition of Your Call, we'll have a conversation with organizers and filmmakers from the ReelAbilities Disabilities Film Festival happening this week in the Bay Area. What stigmas do people with physical and mental disabilities face? What is the best way to create awareness and appreciation for people with disabilities? And how does art create a bridge between the disabled and the abled? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Tom di Maria, Director of the Creative Growth Art Center
Betsy Bayha, a director of “Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott” and producer, director, writer, and journalist for places such as NPR, PBS, and KQED
Ken Rosenthal, an independent filmmaker, teacher, and mental health activist and director of the film “Crooked Beauty”
Festival Info:
The five-day ReelAbilities Film Festival takes place in Oakland and San Francisco from October 15-19, 2014, bringing interesting guests, compelling stories and cinematic excellence to the New Parkway Theater in Oakland, and the de Young Museum and New People Theater in San Francisco.
“Crooked Beauty” will be shown tomorrow, Friday October 17th, at the New People Cinema in San Francisco. Tickets are $10 and the showtime is at 6:30.
“Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott” will be shown as part of the closing night party for the festival on Sunday, October 19th. Tickets are $25 for the screening and party. Showtime is at 4:30 at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland.
Web Resources:
Bay Area ReelAbilties Disabilities Film Festival
The Creative Growth Art Center
Inside Bay Area: Art of the ‘Outsider’
EatDrinkFilms: New Visions: The Bay Area ReelAbilities Disability Film Festival
Ken Paul Rosenthal’s Mad Dance Mental Health Film Trilogy
NPR: Subminimum Wages For The Disabled: Godsend Or Exploitation?
FilmThreat: Crooked Beauty
KQED: More Than Half of Those Killed by San Francisco Police Are Mentally Ill