Sponsored by Syracuse University: School of Education Disability Studies Program
and David B. Falk School of Sports and Human Dynamics. additional sponsorship -
Syracuse University: College of Visual and Performing Arts
SATURDAY, October 13, 1 p.m., Watson Auditorium
OC87 by Glenn
Holstein/Scott Johnston/Bud Clayman – 90 min, documentary – USA
Director Bud Clayman documents his struggle with OCD and Asperger’s
Syndrome and how it derailed his plan to become a filmmaker. But the
film is not a singular vision. Clayman has difficulty making
decisions, so shares director’s credit with psychologist Scott
Johnston and documentarian Glenn Holsten. They alternate interview
segments with inventive scripted sequences.
WAR’S DAUGHTER by
Lana Hijazi - 9 min, documentary – Gaza/USA
A powerful look at the consequences of chemical warfare on innocent
children, and one child in particular,now a young woman.
SATURDAY, October 13, 3 p.m.,
Watson Auditorium
DISLECKSIA: THE MOVIE
by Harvey Hubbell – 85 min, documentary – USA
Harvey Hubbell V and crew explore Hubbell’s own experiences about
growing up as a dyslexic while also looking into the latest
scientific research and educational developments regarding the
condition. They examine how the education system in the US handles
students with learning disabilities, and explore ways in which this
treatment can be changed to improve the social status of dyslexics.
ME TOO by Lilat
Mooisyan – 20 min, fiction – Armenia
A powerful film about a strong but distressed character, fighting
against his fears, love, hope and pain in a psychological hospital.
Sounds of incredible music, played by a girl with no musical
instrument, come to his ear making him much more helpless. Is he
really insane?
SATURDAY, October 13, 5:15 p.m., Watson Auditorium
PRINCESS by Arto
Halonen – 100 min, fiction – Finland
Inventive, funny, and beautifully acted Princess is based on
real-life events and a real person. Cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen,
drifting from one foster home to another, ends up in psychiatric
care and soon suffering from severe delusions. She claims to be
“Princess”, a member of the English royal family from Buckingham
Palace.
AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN
by Shawn Alex Thompson – 10 min, fiction – Canada
A simple street sweeper goes unnoticed by the people around him, but
things aren’t always what they seem.
SUNDAY, October 14, 3 p.m., Jazz
Central
GIRLFRIEND by
Justin Lerner – 94 min, fiction – USA
The film depicts the evolution of a friendship between a young man
with Down’s Syndrome and a single mother in a small town in
Massachusetts. Evan Sneider, who actually has Down’s plays the lead.
When Evan’s mother dies, she leaves him an inheritance of cash in a
box. Evan tries to help his neighbor, a single mom, Candy, by
dumping cash gifts in her home.
SUNDAY, October 14, 3:30 p.m.,
Palace Theater
MARY AND MAX by
Adam Elliott – 92 min, animation – Australia
This is a masterpiece claymation. Mary is a poor, unloved little
girl from Australia and, Max is a heavyset middle-aged New Yorker
with Asperger’s syndrome. They become penpals. Their exchange of
letters swiftly emerges as the emotional lifeline for their unhappy
existences. Mary is taunted by children at her school for the
birthmark on her forehead. Her only friend is a WW11 veteran who
lost his legs in combat and has developed agoraphobia.
