Call To Action Screening + Panel
Join us for a powerful Call to Action Screening with a panel. Please review the content notes and warnings for each of the films. Some include graphic content. We will give a content warning at the beginning of the program.
Date: Friday, October 17th
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 PT | 9:00 - 10:30 ET
Virtual: On Zoom
Access: ASL | Captions | Closed Audio Descriptions | Virtual
Film Lineup:
Rising Tides Raising Voices
Hear from Indigenous Pacific Islanders with disabilities who are championing disability-inclusive climate action.
Equal World?
The film follows disability advocate Abia Akram as she platforms the voices of three young people with disabilities: Tapiwa, Taqwa and Basiru. It shows their daily lives and talks to what is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and an inclusive society.
Renegades
A series of docu-shorts about the lives and cultural contributions of little-known historical figures with disabilities. Hosted by award-winning musician and disability rights champion Lachi, and made by a team of D/deaf and disabled filmmakers, the project is designed to increase knowledge of disability history.
Voice Notes From Palestine
Voice Notes from Palestine, a short film by filmmaker Amal Al-Agroobi and Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), features the testimonies of several Palestinian students with disabilities from the Islamic University of Gaza. The students recount their experiences in occupied Gaza under siege and bombardment by the Israeli military.