Breaking
Down More Barriers in Moscow with Film
From November 17-20, the
3rd International Disability Film Festival “Breaking Down
Barriers” was held in Moscow at the movie theater Salyut,
still one of the most accessible movie theaters in town. More than
1,500 people attended the four day event. Viewers included
teachers, social protection officials, students of film and social
work, special educators, disability activists and other members of the
community.
The festival showcased nearly
100 films from Canada, France, South Africa, Georgia, Russia, the U.S.,
Italy, Mexico, Denmark, Belgium, Ireland, the UK, Austria, Mexico,
Germany, and India. Films were short and long features,
documentaries, animation, films for children, about children, public
service announcements, and more. The films from 20
countries competed for 11 awards. The awards were selected by
a distinguished jury of Russian film-makers, chaired by the famous
Russian director, writer, producer and actor, Aleksander Mitta, who
graduated from the well-known All-Russian Cinema Institute in
1960. He is also a recipient of the distinguished Russian
Film Award, 2001, TEFI. In 2004 he was awarded the title
“Most Popular Artist of Russia.” At the start of
the festival, Mr. Mitta was interviewed by national Russian
TV. On National TV Mr Mitta remarked: “These are
films about disabled people, but they are not for them,
they’re for us. You get such a sense of fullness
from them …And it’s all true.” Read more about the
Moscow Film Festival...
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U.S. Teenager
Wins Award for Acerbic Disability Awareness Video
Benjamin Snow, 19, was one of more than 300 video producers who entered
a contest to “Film Your Issue” in 30-60 seconds
last May. The results were posted online where thousands of viewing
voters selected Snow’s short video called “Thumbs
Down to Pity” as one of the 35 best. A professional media
jury then selected his creative entry as one of five winners. Snow and
his parents joined the other winners at the United Nations on June 19
for an awards ceremony. Go here to watch “Thumbs Down to
Pity,” an acerbic and humorous request to Hollywood
media-makers to excise this emotion from their disability treatments.
You can watch the video
on DisabilityWorld or watch and then order
a copy on DVD or VHS on Snow's website.
UN Convention on the Protection and
Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
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Disability Convention as "Dawn of a New Era",
UN Urges Speedy Ratification
ILO
Welcomes New UN Convention on Rights of People with
Disabilities
Dutch View: What Impact Will the UN
Disability Rights Convention Have?
EU-25 commits to the
protection of disabled
people's Human Rights through a new UN Convention
Mental Disability Advocacy
Center Clarifies Advances of
UN Convention for those with Mental Disabilities
Practical Discussions on
Implementation in the U.S. and Other Countries
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to Disability
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in the Disability Movement?
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Must Now Challenge
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independent investigation into hospital fire deaths
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Arts & Media
Breaking Down More
Barriers in Moscow with Film
Disability
in the U.S. Media – notes on 2006
U.S. Teenager Wins Award for
Acerbic Disability Awareness
Video
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Access
& Technology
Frank Bowe, Ph.D., Outlines How to Improve Electronic Access in
University Setting
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Technologies and Environments Formed
W3C
boosts Web access for disabled
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UN Study of Violence Against
Women Finds 50% of Disabled
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Protection
of the rights of women with disabilities
Students with Mental
Retardation Make Gains in the general classroom, University
of Florida study finds
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with Intellectual Disabilities
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Blindness and the Visionary: Fully Accessible Biography of Sir
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Children with Spina
Bifida & Hydrocephalus in Africa
Book Review: Disability in Ethiopia
Disability & Deafness
in North East Africa
In Our Hearts We Were Giants:
the remarkable story of the Lilliput Troupe--a dwarf family’s
survival of the Holocaust
Book Review: Ethnicity and Family Therapy
Book Review: Helping Children Who Are
Deaf
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Memoirs from the Distaff Side of the Disability Movement
The Disability Top 10 of 2006
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