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Academy Awards
Documentary Short List
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences short listed Phoenix
Dance by Karina Epperlein for the 2006 Documentary
Film Academy Awards. Renowned dancer Homer Avila lost his right
leg and most of his hip to cancer. Following the creation of a pas
de deux choreographed by Alonzo King, Phoenix Dance
takes us on a journey of transformation and healing, challenging
our expectations of what it means to be "disabled."
The Boy Inside Wins
Top Honors
We are pleased to announce that The
Boy Inside, a 47 minute documentary on Asperger Syndrome,
produced and directed by Marianne Kaplan won the prestigious Minister
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize for
Best Program in the Youth Division of the 2007 Japan Prize Awards.
The Boy Inside was also the recipient of the Audience Choice
Award in the Youth Education Division. The documentary tells the
story of the filmmaker's son Adam, a 12-year-old with Asperger Syndrome,
during a tumultuous year in the life of their family. AS makes Adam's
life in seventh grade a minefield, where he finds himself isolated
and bullied. As he struggles to find a place for himself, his troubles
escalate, both at school and at home. The Boy Inside has
also been honoured with other prizes: A CINE Golden Eagle Award
and a Freddie Award, presented by the International Health and Medical
Media Awards, and was selected for inclusion in the distinguished
Documentary Archives Collection at The Museum of Broadcast Communications.
The Archives is one of the largest in the United States and features
the work of television's finest documentarians.
The Boy Inside is also one of Video
Librarian's Best of 2007 documentary films.
Recent Festival Honors &
Screenings
Hidden Wounds by Iris Adler
Hidden Wounds,
a film by Iris Adler for New England Cable News Network, won an
award at the 2007 Picture
this... Film Festival for the category Documentary Over 30 Minutes.
Through three disturbing portraits of Iraq veterans, this powerful
documentary highlights the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder,
estimated to affect as many as one in five soldiers returning from
the war in Iraq. Hidden Wounds was also screened at the
10th United Nations
Association Film Festival at Stanford University. The theme
this year was“CAMERA AS WITNESS.” UNAFF, which is now
completing its first decade, was originally conceived to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. It was created with the help of members of the
Stanford Film Society and United Nations Association Midpeninsula
Chapter, a grassroots, community-based, nonprofit organization.
Also at Picture this... Film
Festival
Front
Wards, Back Wards, a production of Coruway
Film Institute, produced in association with WGBH Boston, and
ITVS, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
received an honorable mention. Through recollections of Fernald
State School's staff, residents and families, this thoughtful program
profiles the evolution of attitudes toward people with mental disabilities
in the United States. They were called idiots, simpletons and fools,
and for 160 years Fernald — America's first institution for
people who were then labeled mentally retarded — was where
they would stay. Check your local PBS listings for Front Wards,
Back Wards here.
Health and Science Communications
Association
Sage,
a film by Nicole W. Brodsky, PhD was honored with the Silver Award,
Gold Award and Best of Show at the 2007 HeSCA Media Festival. Sage
celebrates the wisdom, experience, and creativity of our society's
elders through portraits of a diverse group of active, engaged seniors
pursuing their lifetime interests, and some new ones as well. Among
those profiled is TV chef Julia Child. HeSCA
is an association of communications professionals committed to sharing
knowledge and resources in the health and science arenas.
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| Outsider:
The Life and Art of Judith Scott |
SUPERFEST:
International
Media Festival on Disabilities
Superfest,
an annual two-day showcase of juried films, videos, television shows
and DVDs, is the longest running festival of its kind in the world.
Awarded the 2007 Achievement Award was Outsider:
The Life and Art of Judith Scott, a film about Judith
Scott who has Down syndrome, is deaf, and does not speak. Yet after
35 years of institutionalization, with the help of a sister who
never gave up on her, she emerged to create a series of sculptures
that have fascinated and mystified art experts and collectors around
the world.
Recent Conferences
and Other Events
American Psychological Association
August, 2007
With 148,000 members, the American
Psychological Association (APA) is the largest association of
psychologists worldwide. Their annual convention and film festival
showcases outstanding new films on psychology and mental health
issues. We are honored that the following titles have been selected
for inclusion in this year's film festival.
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All in One Basket:
Follows three women through the process of paid egg donation,
to explore ethical questions about the use of hormones, genetic
selection for preferred physical traits, the role of money in
reproductive medicine, and informed consent. The producer, Lauren
Berliner was invited to participate in a disscussion following
the screening.
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Family Matters:
Brings to life the emotional challenge of accepting the diagnosis
that a family member has Alzheimer's disease, and of finding
new ways to relate and communicate within the family. It's a
frightening and humbling journey, but this engaging program
offers some guideposts along the way.
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Hold Your Breath:
Mr. Kochi's American doctors try to comprehend his faith and
respect his viewpoints, but cultural and linguistic confusions
complicate his treatment. His story, first summarized in the
acclaimed Worlds
Apart series, is a powerful argument for the necessity
of cultural competence and diversity training.
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Outsider: The
Life and Art of Judith Scott: Judith Scott has
Down syndrome, is deaf, and does not speak. Yet after 35 years
of institutionalization, with the help of a sister who never
gave up on her, she emerged to create a series of sculptures
that have fascinated and mystified art experts and collectors
around the world.
Now Available
on DVD
All of Fanlight's recent releases are available on both DVD and
VHS. Over the next several months we will convert the rest of our
catalog to DVD as well. Between now and December 31, 2008 enjoy
a 20% discount on any of the titles below. Visit here
and enter the offer code DV3639 to place your order online.
Death & Dying / Grief & Bereavement
Bearing
Witness: Jocelyn Morton
Common Heroes
Grave Words
Grief in
America
The Journey
Home
More
than a Falling Heart
The
Pitch of Grief
Remembering
Tom
Still
Life
To
Live Until I Die
The
Way We Die
Two Films On End-Of-Life Issues on one disk:
A
Fate Worse than Death
Help Me Die
Aging
Alzheimer's
Disease: Inside Looking Out
Elder
Abuse: 5 Case Studies
I'd
Rather Be Home
More Than
Skin Deep
A Thousand
Tomorrows
When
Gambling Is No Longer Fun
Disabilities
Able
to Laugh
A
Chance to Grow
Dancing From the Inside Out
Face
First
How
Come You Walk Funny?
In
Our Midst
Kiss
My Wheels
Key
Changes: A Portrait of Lisa Thorson
One
Strong Arm
See
What I'm Saying
Vital
Signs
We
Are PHAMALY
When
Parents Can't Fix It
Wired
for Life
Issues & Ethics
Almost Home
Emergency!
A Critical Situation
Healthcare
for the Homeless
Professional
Choices: Ethics at Work
Cross-Cultural Issues
Sickle
Cell Disease / Anemia Falciforme
Autism / Developmental Disabilities
Autism:
A World Apart
A Culture
Undiscovered
Don't Give
Up
Fragile
X Family
A Mind
of Your Own
Mothers
of Courage
The Spectrum
of Autism
Talk to
Me: Children With Autism
Understaning
Autism
Family Relations
When
Women Go Through Menopause, Where Do Men Go?
Psychology / Psychiatry
Four
Lives
Panic Attack
Step
On A Crack
When
the Brain Goes Wrong
AIDS/HIV
Soft Smoke
Nursing
Handmaidens
Nurses:
The Web of Denial
Psychiatric
Nursing
That
Spirit, That Thing Inside
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