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ReelAbilities Film Festival: Cleveland, a partnership of 9 Cleveland and Akron organizations, invites you to screen Code of the Freaks and participate in a Q&A. Registration is required. Free!
FILM AVAILABLE TO STREAM (FREE) OCTOBER 23-30.
Code of the Freaks: Taking its title from Tod Browning’s classic film, this radical reframing of how characters with disabilities are represented looks at a century of Hollywood favorites with a fresh perspective. Disability activists imagine a cinematic landscape that takes people with disabilities seriously.
Accommodations: The film features Open Captions. Audio Description is available upon request by emailing Cle.ReelAbilities@gmail.com.
FREE FILMMAKER Q+A OCTOBER 28, 8:00PM EDT
The free filmmaker Q+A features Salome Chasnoff (Director) and Carrie Sandahl (Co-Producer and Writer).
Accommodations: ASL interpreting and CART will be provided for the filmmaker Q&A.
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