ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York

Shorts Program 1

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4 films + livestream in package
Verisimilitude
An unemployed disabled actress is frustrated that all the disabled acting roles go to able-bodied actors.
Single
A woman with one arm gets set up on a blind date with a guy who has one hand—and she is pissed!
Wiggle Room
Motivated by the imminent repossession of the wheelchair ramp from her house, Daisy goes on a mission to get back the money she’s owed from a shady insurance agency.
How Much Am I Worth?
A stirring exploration of the challenges of the US health care and insurance industries through the lens of people with disabilities, who find themselves trapped in an antiquated system with dire consequences.
Shorts Program 1 Q+A on Sat, May 1, 2PM
Q+A with filmmakers including Single dir. Ashley Eakin, How Much Am I Worth? directors Rachel Handler and Catriona Rubenis-Stevens, Verisimilitude dir. David Proud and writer/producer Justin Edgar.
External livestream
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Co-presented by the NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library.


These films will play with open captions. Audio description is also available for all films. To watch the films with audio description, click the gear in the bottom right corner of your viewing window (after beginning the film). Under the Audio Track dropdown menu, select "Audio Description." The audio description will automatically begin.


Conversation sponsored by Vimeo.

Q+A with filmmakers including Single director Ashley Eakin, How Much Am I Worth? directors Rachel Handler and Catriona Rubenis-Stevens, Verisimilitude director David Proud and writer/producer Justin Edgar. More to be announced!


Live captioning will be available for this event.


Conversation sponsored by Vimeo.

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