I attended the Reel abilities film short program on Sunday, October 30, 2016. I took my husband with me to the film. This film was held in Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first time I was inside this building. We arrived at 3:30 and could get a parking space close to the building. The door was locked and had to buzz in and was informed that it wasn’t working for some reason. Once we got up the stairs we was greeted and everyone was so nice. There were a line of people getting tickets, but I could skip the line due to pre-order tickets. Once we got out tickets we went down a hall into a room like a theater and a stage in front. The seats were very uncomfortable. It was a full house this night. In the beginning, s few people …show more content…
The shorts program showed 7 short films that highlighted different themes across the ability spectrum. The first film was about a man that had autism spectrum disorder. He was happily married and revels the true meaning of unconditional love. He had odd behaviors and said it was hard to control it in public. While watching the film, he was being interviewed and had to stop because of his behavior and his wife took over talking to the interviewer. I Don’t Care was the second short film. This was my favorite one. I was in tears watching it. It was about an expecting mother and how she deals with the possibility of having a child with Down’s Syndrome. In the beginning, I was sure what was going on, but when the mother meet a young girl with down syndrome and her mother in the store. She went to help this mother garden. The little girl named Jack, did things on own. I loved how she said Justine Bieber was her boyfriend and believed it truly. The comments the little girl made me feel so sad. This film made me look at the subject matter at a different view. The third film was Macropolis. This was a cartoon about toys getting toss out of the shipping to
In Conclusion, people can live a normal life with mental disabilities thanks to various treatment options and support systems. A mental disability does not have to define who a person is, there many people leading successful lives with these disabilities and its is possible to prosper and live a healthy life. These movies help raise awareness by bringing the issues to a widespread audience and encouraging them to seek help. It also shows that mental illness does not have to derail their lives. These movies do an excellent job in advocating for those who have had to live with the stigmas that come along with being diagnosed with a mental illness.
Perhaps if everyone realized the wisdom in the famous proverb, “before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes”, people would have more empathy for those who may seem to be atypical. The video How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop presented by Richard D. Lavoie effectively gets participants to experience the feelings and stress of children with learning disabilities. Lavoie draws his participants into the classroom experience with well developed exercises that elicit the frustration, anxiety, and tension of children with
The hardships of living with a disability are communicated using minor characters as props and how they are misconceived as being unintelligent or even abnormal. For example, a waitress suggests that Raymond is a “very clever boy”. Fascinatingly, she is the only minor character who treats Raymond with respect and sympathy, in contrast to Charlie and the general public who evidently takes advantage of his condition. In addition, the mise-en-scene composed of high key lighting and a wide-angle shot creates an ambient atmosphere, which makes it seem as if Raymond is unique, in contrast to abnormal or strange.(Cinematheque, 2010, p. 1). This conversation with the waitress shows that Ray’s disability makes him unique, in a positive way, especially because the general public seem to be uneducated about mental disabilities in this film; this is evidently shown where a man is seen screaming as Raymond, as he stands in the middle of a busy intersection. As a result, the director breaks down these misconceptions and generalisations about the, as if he is reprimanding that the disabled are a part of our society and that they should be treated with respect.
The venue was a small amphitheatre with wood paneled walls and a wooden stage with the piano situated in the middle. The chairs were covered in blue fabric. I would estimate that the venue was about one-third full, and the crowd consisted primarily of college students (although I did see two senior-aged individuals in attendance, as well). It appeared that attending the event was a requirement for a specific class, although I did not ask anyone about this directly. There was a young man sitting outside handing out some sort of attendance slips. Everyone was dressed quite casually, with jeans and tee shirts being the norm among the male population, especially. Before the performance began, the venue was very brightly lit and it was quite noisy. When the performer stepped out onstage, I was very surprised that several of the audience members were whistling and hooting, since I had read that that was improper decorum. Once Mr. Anvar took his seat and the lights went down, the crowd went silent. Between performances the crowd generally applauded, but there were always a handful of people yelling out, as well.
I Am Sam and Radio are both wonderful movies that share many differences and similarities. Both movies do a wonderful job in portraying the obstacles one with intellectual disabilities one must overcome in their daily life. I really enjoyed this choice assignment, and it furthered my knowledge with the in-depth research I did afterwards looking more into Radio’s
Dan and Betsy go through their emotions on hearing about Samuel condition of cerebral palsy. The roll coaster of emotion they felt. As a parent I could relate to their emotion of having a child with disabilities. I would love my child regards of condition but the emotion I would feel would be fear. Dan and Betsy both went through fear; asking themselves what about his education, and interaction with others. I would have those same question; as
This is what I had been hoping for the entire year. I had been to many that were quite the same to this one, but none that could give me the same enduring edginess and serenity that I was feeling right now. My eyes skimmed across the hundreds of people who were all there for the same reason as me. Striving to be out of the sweltering sun, but not out of clear view of what I came for, I lead myself in a mighty search for the spot for which I belonged. As I sat down, I prepared myself for the pain that I was going to feel about an hour later. I always forgot how sore I would get from sitting on the bleachers for so long, but every time I approached them, I would remember and smile.
Reel Injun is a compelling, thought-provoking documentary that shows how movies have stereotyped Native Americans, and has shaped how society in general viewed Natives. The film seeks to show how Natives really are, and ultimately seeks to correct the Native stereotypes created through the Hollywood Native films. Neil Diamond discusses why films about Natives were originally created and how Natives were portrayed in the early years of film. Through the documentary he continues to show how Natives and their culture changed in the eyes of society.
For this discussion, I chose Benjamin Isaac’s video of 2014. Benjamin Isaac is a doctor of education student from Georgia. He created the video as an aftermath of inspiration by his daughter who has cerebral palsy. In the video, he shows these children who have special needs. The proceeds he gets from this video will be handed to Josey Comprehensive High School.
The documentary gave me a new perspective on the treatment of intersex infants. I had never really thought about how damaging it might be. I really enjoyed learning about how many other species have variations on the typical binary gender idea
A Class Divided The film A Class Divided was designed to show students why it is important not to judge people by how they look, but rather who they are inside. This is a very important lesson to learn: people spend too much time looking at people not for who they are but for what ETHNITICY they are. One variable that I liked about the film is that it showed the children how it felt to be on both sides of the spectrum. The HYPOTHESIS of the workshop was that if you out a child and let them experience what it is like to be in the group that is not wanted because of how they look and then make the other group the better people group that the child will have a better understanding of not to judge a person because of how they look but instead who they are as people. I liked the workshop because it made everyone that participated in it, even the adults that took it later on, realize that you can REHABILITAE ones way of thinking.
This movie had made an advocate out of me. Historically, we have been taught that people with disabilities are different and do not belong among us, because they are incompetent, cannot contribute to society or that they are dangerous. We’re still living with the legacy of people with disabilities being segregated, made invisible and devalued. The messages about people with disabilities need to be changed. There needs to be more integration of people with disabilities into our culture to balance out the message. Because of our history of abandonment and initialization, fear and stigma impact our choices more than they would if acceptance, community integration, and resources were a bigger part of our history.
field trip. In the movie there are nine kids that are focused on and what there disability is. There is
It was apparent even before the meeting began there was a sense of energy in the room. “The meeting began with a song, “I Believe I Can Fly,” performed by members of the Unified Theater program hosted by the Middletown Recreation and Community Services. The group, which brings together children, ages 10-18 with and without disabilities” (Gecan, March 12, 2014) recently put on a performance in February. Parents, teachers, principals were in attendance to support the students. At this point I counted about ninety five people in attendance. After the students presented the attendance dropped down to seventy-five people.
I attended the Los Angeles Philharmonic classical music concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday 29 November 2013. The classical concert started at 8:00pm to the enjoyment of the huge audience that had been waiting for this amazing music extravaganza. Classical music concerts always offer magnificent entertainment and the audience in this concert was expectant to derive such entertainment or more. In attendance were Christian Zacharias who was the conductor and Martin Chalifour who was the LA Phil commanding Principal Concertmaster and Bach violin player. In readiness for the concert, I enjoyed a special dinner prepared for the audience. More specifically, LA Phil staffer introduced us to the evening classical concert amidst cheers from the audience. It was such a refreshing and joyous feeling to be part of this audience.