Ready, Willing & Able Director: Jenni Gold Running Time: 85 Minutes When: Wednesday, August 1st Time: 6:30 to 10pm.  Screening starts promptly at 7pm. Where: DCTV @ The Firehouse 3rd Floor Screening Room 87 Lafayette St (between Walker & White) Closest subway stops: N/Q/R/W, J/M/Z, or 6 to Canal Street.  DCTV is located two blocks South of Canal Street in NYC. VIEW MAP Cost: $5 Suggested Donation

The disTHIS! Film Series is a project of the Disabilities Network of NYC in association with DCTV. We are made possible, in part, by the generous support of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

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Think people with disabilities are heroic?  Normally, we'd argue against the stereotype, but when a wheelchair user packs a piece and blows up semi-trucks even we concede...

In August, disTHIS! continues our genre-busting ways and puts a disability spin on the traditional Summer action flick by showcasing READY, WILLING AND ABLE -- a non-stop thrill ride featuring exciting, never-before-seen wheelchair stunts and a heroic crip who, for once, actually earns the label. 
 
Christopher Templeton (Young and the Restless, Hill Street Blues, Fraiser), herself a polio survivor, stars as Samantha "Sam" Martin, a CIA special agent determined to continue her career after she is injured in the line of duty. When Sam discovers a deadly chemical weapons conspiracy she does what agents to best --  assembles a ragtag team of specialists and embark on a seemingly impossible and deadly mission.  Did we mention that Sam, uses a wheelchair?
 
This fast-paced independently produced thriller, by award-winning director Jenni Gold, has enjoyed sold-out screenings and has been honored at film festivals across the United States and Europe.
 
Accolades
--First Place “Sunshine Celluloid” award (Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival)
-- Opening Film (Hermosa Beach Film Festival)
-- Closing Film (Dances With Films Festival)
-- Opening Film (London Disability Film Festival)
-- Finalist (California Governor's Media Access Awards)

Followed by our ever-popular audience discussion with Lawrence Carter-Long, the Director of Advocacy for the Disabilities Network of NYC and curator of the disTHIS! Film Series, film buffs and community activists.

disTHIS! movies, talkback sessions and related events are open to the public. $5 Suggested Donation. Space is wheelchair accessible. Snacks are provided and there is a cash bar for drinks, but space is limited! Call 212.251.4092 to reserve YOUR seat or email: Lawrence@dnnyc.net

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