The Art of Negative Thinking Original Title: Kunsten å tenke negativt Director: Bård Breien Running Time: 79 minutes Language: In Native Norwegian with English Subtitles Shown with the following shocking short subjects: Stubborn and Spite Director: Lou Birks Running Time: 3 minutes Language: English Celebrity Shotgun Director: Mat Fraser Running Time: 6 minutes, 25 seconds Language: English The Trouble With Syndromes Directors: The Perry Brothers Running Time: 2 minutes, 24 seconds Language: Offensive to most Grandmothers. When: Wednesday, May 7th 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 Donation

The disTHIS! Film Series is a project of the Disabilities Network of NYC and is made possible, in part, by the generous support of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, our valued supporters and by audience members.

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Strap into your scooters, turn up your hearing aides and sedate your service animals as we welcome disTHIS! favorites actor Mat Fraser (Born Freak, Everytime You Look At Me) and comedian Liz Carr (Abnormally Funny People) LIVE & IN PERSON to our May 7th screening. The hosts of the BBC's gloriously criptastic, gleefully politically incorrect award-winning OUCH podcast will join in our 2nd anniversary celebration by proudly and defiantly putting 'diss' back into disability with a mix of comedy flicks and hilarious live hijinks. Can we persuade Liz and Mat to play the popular disability guessing game, "Vegetable, Vegetable and Vegetable" with our live audience? WHAT?! You haven't heard the podcast yet? Need to catch-up? Experience what we're on about before the big event! Go here to listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast/
DISCLAIMER: Not recommended for the humor-impaired!

THE ART OF NEGATIVE THINKING
Described as Lars Von Triers THE IDIOTS meets ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST, director Bård Breien spoofs the power of positive thinking in this award-winning Norwegian black comedy, which picks fun at both tragic and heroic disability stereotypes. In NEGATIVE THINKING, Ingvild (Kirsti Eline Torhaug) has had it with Geirr (Fridtjov Såheim), her cantankerous, newly-disabled boyfriend. He sits in his darkened room all day watching Vietnam movies and listening to Johnny Cash records, often with a gun within reach. In an attempt to force Geirr to face his inner demons, Ingvild invites to their fancy home a group of disabled folks who specialize in what some might call an overly optimistic approach to Geirr's problems for an intervention. Problem is, Geirr (and his gun) ain't buyin'...

STUBBORN AND SPITE
Ever get frustrated when you can't find an accessible parking spot? Witness the mayhem which ensues when two disabled drivers fight over who should get the last disabled spot - with drastic, and often hilarious consequences.

CELEBRITY SHOTGUN
The UK's vibrant and raucous company, Heart’n’Soul, teamed up with actor (and first time film director) Mat Fraser to collectively create a short film about revenge against cheating husband Tom Harry at the hands of his wife and secretary. Created and performed by artists with learning disabilities.

THE TROUBLE WITH SYNDROMES
Ever find that keeping the names and symptoms of different conditions exhausting? Apparently these guys did too. Don't know much about it except to say that a disTHIS! regular sent us a link to watch from YouTube. We laughed... Thought you might enjoy a look as well.

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