"PEOPLE ASSUME THAT DISABLED PEOPLE’S BODIES ARE BROKEN SO THEIR BRAINS DO NOT WORK, AND THEIR DESIRES DO NOT EXIST…disTHIS! dispels that misconception... forcing those who are non-disabled to….SEE US FOR WHO WE ARE.” — Jenny Brackenridge, quoted in “disTHIS! Not Your Movie of the Week,” New York Nonprofit Press, May 2007.
“HANDS-DOWN BEST disability film series in the US.!"
— Lennard J. Davis, Author, Disability scholar.
"ROCKS MY ABLE-BODIED WORLD!"
— Audience survey
"CELEBRATING UNCONVENTIONAL PORTRAYALS of the disabled..." — New York Times, Style Section, May 13, 2007
"SOMETHING AVANT GARDE IS BREWING in New York City...by bringing in people intimately engaged in these films, Carter-Long and disTHIS! facilitate an element of community insider-ship while simultaneously giving one the grand feeling of being privy to the bigger and broader film world. disTHIS! ADDS A CRUCIAL AESTHETIC LAYER to the social life of disability. It is A GENERATIVE SOCIAL FORCE."
— Laura Mauldin, Disability Studies Quarterly
"Real disabled actors MINUS THE PITY PARTY."
— Audience survey
"Affirms my belief that PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DON'T HAVE TO BE SHUT INDOORS ANYMORE."
— Audience survey
"What a treat to have only the HOTTEST, BEST WORK appear in front of me! Post-film discourse is always very engaging." — David Roche, beloved founder of the Church of 80% Sincerity
“[Curator Lawrence Carter-Long] takes particular care... The audience has come to expect works that WORK CREATIVELY AGAINST THE STANDARD CONVENTIONS of disability in film.” — Mike Dorn, disstud.blogspot.com, Temple University Disabilities Studies Department
“My first screening… was literally A LIFE-ALTERING EXPERIENCE….This series became my role model… Something…I could TRULY AND WHOLLY RELATE TO.”
— Nico Phillips, quoted in “disTHIS! Not Your Movie of the Week,” New York Nonprofit Press, May 2007.
"More DIVERSE BODIES ENTERED THE ROOM; traditional college-age students, elderly people, Black, Brown, and white folks, people wheeling in and walking in, a few guide dogs, and a good split of men and women.
I look at all these other bodies – bodies that are not supposed to exist, bodies that are viewed as freakish, unnatural, unsexy (or nonsexual), and ... thought... Look at all THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE ME." — Mik Danger, Coffee And Gender blog
“These movies get people…..THINKING ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD.” — Alejandra Ospina, quoted in “Movie Series Shatters Image of the Disabled,” Tribeca Trib, September 2007
“A MUCH-NEEDED WAKE-UP CALL to the arts and entertainment industry TO MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.” — Christine Bruno, Disability Advocate, Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
"Presents films about disability, but more pointedly about AUTHENTICITY, DEMOCRACY, AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION. A PROMISING, VITAL AND NECESSARY PERSPECTIVE ON THE ARTS." — Simi Linton, President, Disability/Arts Consultancy
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