Disability Cinema

 

 

 

Darius Goes West

Cascades Library
July 17 at 3 pm
Panel Discussion to Follow

The heart-rending documentary is about 15-year-old Darius Weems, an African-American, wheelchair-user, with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, who has never left Georgia.  To rectify this, friends from a grassroots organization called Project Reach pile into a wheelchair accessible RV with Darius and embark on a cross-country trip from Athens, Georgia to California, hoping to convince the MTV network’s Pimp My Ride series to file them.

 

Audism Unveiled

Ashburn Library
July 24 at 3 pm
Panel Discussion to Follow

Audism Unveiled exposes and explains another form of oppression prevalent in the Deaf community.  Going beyond definitions, this powerful documentary uses real life experiences from Deaf people of varied social, racial, and educational boundaries – showing how this form of oppression does lasting and harmful damage.

Radio

Rust Library
July 31 at 3pm
Panel Discussion to Follow

Football coach Harold Jones (Harris) befriends Radio (Gooding), a man with intellectual disabilities becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina.  Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.  

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