FILM FEST!Documentary films challenging social stereotypes about disability.
EVENT: FREE! Three-day Film Festival at the UO and DIVA
WHEN & WHERE:
• THURSDAY, April 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m. - 100 Willamette Hall
• FRIDAY, April 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m. - 100 Willamette Hall
• SATURDAY, April 29, 6:30-9:00 p.m. - Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) at 110 W. Broadway
Intersecting identities challenge social expectations for professional, artistic, and social leaders with disability.
Push Your Limit! Film Fest
• Presents
short and feature documentary films
• Features
artists, activists, athletes with disability
• Addresses social stereotypes about disability
• Probes issues of
access in arts-culture-society, as well as the struggle for disability
perspectives of dignity and worth in determining who has the right to live and how
• Is
ASL interpreted and accessible
FOR: Anyone interested in challenging their own stereotypes about arts accessibility, disability and diversity, or social justice.
FEATURES: ASL-interpreted, plus accommodations for accessibility.
SPONSORS: University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) and UO Disability Studies • UO College of Education • UO Special Education • UO ASUO-Disability Services Project Fund • the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts (AAA) • Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA), UO Jewish Student Union • Oregon Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life • Eugene Human Rights Commission • UO Office of Student Life: LGBTQA Education and Support Service • EMU Cultural Forum • and the Lane Independent Living Alliance (LILA)