OFFICIAL SELECTIONS Redefining Disability [Continued] 91 min. THURSDAY, JULY 25 2:45 PM The Toby SUNDAY, JULY 28 2:45 PM DeBoest Lecture Hall
I/O
Parents, Inc.
Jack’s Revenge
NARRATIVE / 6 MINUTES USA / 2019
NARRATIVE / 6 MINUTES USA / 2019
NARRATIVE / 6 MINUTES USA / 2019
Director/Producer: Carl Hansen Writer: Andrew T. Horne Cast: Julia Arian, Danny Gomez, Scott Rosendall, Shannon Dieriex
Director: Harald Zwart Writers: Emily Hopper, Mitch Bechtold, Veslemoey Zwart, Harald Zwart, Steven Shaw Producers: Amy Hopper, Veslemoey Zwart Cast: Emily Hopper, Laqota Gunn, Paul Lasa, Emily Behr
Director/Writer: Brian Swinehart Cast: Dennis “Scooby” Willoughby, Jack Staudt, Pastor Don Solin, Ranson Karr, Cody Ray Barrett
A man struggles to reveal to his girlfriend that he’s been dating her through his robot.
A girl living in a postapocolyptic world struggles with the new reality she lives in, being a teenager, and unreasonable parents.
Jack wants to kill Big Foot. The only thing in Jack’s way is Scooby. This film was an entry in the 2019 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge.
Love, Trails, & Dinosaurs DOCUMENTARY / 9 MINUTES USA / 2018 Director: Alex Oliver Producers: Jamison Stalsworth, Carson Hunt, Blake Waring, Dana Nies, Edy Recendez Featured Subjects: Garan Moore, Theresa Moore Meet Garan Moore, the first person with autism to hike every trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Wanderlust 91 min.
Lucy in the Sky NARRATIVE / 14 MINUTES USA / 2018 Director: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan Writer/Producer: Jen Rudin Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Catherine Curtin, Kelly Hu, Quinn McColgan Living with autism and adjusting to mainstream high school, 14-year-old Lucy Katz is suddenly faced with cataclysmic change when she and her sister become the subject of a genetic research study.
Love&Loss DOCUMENTARY / 22 MINUTES USA / 2018 / USC
1500 Miles DOCUMENTARY / 17 MINUTES USA / 2018
Director/Writer: Yiying Li Executive Producers: Stephanie Hernandez, Xiangying Cai Featured Subjects: Nicole Evans, Ryan Evans, Karen Crespo
Director: Chris Duncan Producer: Jess Vogel Executive Producer: Larry Landis Featured Subjects: Nicole Ver Kuilen, Natalie Harold, Jan Harley, Kathleen Wang
Nicole has had the past 30 years to cope with and learn to embrace her disability, while Karen had to deal with both the physical and emotional trauma almost overnight. Despite their trials, these women are taking steps to find love in their lives.
Nicole Ver Kuilen is an amputee athlete who challenges herself to swim, bike, and run from Seattle to San Diego. She has the endurance and passion to make it to the end. The question is: will her prosthesis survive the journey?
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THURSDAY, JULY 25 2:15 PM DeBoest Lecture Hall
Space to Explore
SATURDAY, JULY 27 7:45 PM The Toby
Director/Writer/Producer: Katherine DuBois Executive Producer: Jeffrey Halis Featured Subjects: Natalie Panek, Elizabeth Jens
Fuel your travel dreams with these stories of exploration and discovery from around the world. This program contains strong language.
DOCUMENTARY / 14 MINUTES USA, CANADA / 2018
Aerospace engineer Natalie Panek has always dreamed of traveling to the outer reaches of space. In visiting the Marslike terrain of Moab, Utah, she finds it easy to believe that all the adventure you need is right here on Earth.