SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability
And "SHAMELESS" Star, Humorist David Roche Live In Person!!!
Director: Bonnie Sherr Klein
Running Time: 70 Minutes

When: Friday, December 8
Time: 6:30 to 9pm. 
Screening starts promptly at 7pm
Where:
DCTV @ The Firehouse
3rd Floor Screening Room
87 Lafayette Street (between Walker & White),
2 blocks South of the Canal Street Subway Station
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Cost: Free

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With “SHAMELESS: The Art of Disability” Bonnie Sherr Klein returns to filmmaking after a life-altering stroke in 1987. Art, activism and disability are the starting point for what unfolds as a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals. Award-winning director Klein (Not a Love Story, and Speaking Our Peace) has been a pioneer of women's cinema and an inspiration to a generation of filmmakers around the world. Always the activist, Klein turns the lens on the world of disability culture, and ultimately, the transformative power of art.

From Klein’s unique perspective as an outsider who suddenly finds herself a part of disability culture, she brings the audience into her new world.  Art, activism and disability are the starting point in what unfolds as a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals, including Klein herself.

Watch humorist David Roche -- who will be onhand to answer your questions following the screening -- work to bring his one-man show, The Church of 80% Sincerity, to New York City. Writer, scholar and activist Catherine Frazee pushes her limits with a full schedule of teaching and speaking engagements. Dancer, choreographer and impresario Geoff McMurchy organizes kickstART2, an international festival of disability art. Sculptor and writer Persimmon Blackbridge creates mixed-media portraits from each character’s “meaningful junk”.

Contradicting common preconceptions and stereotypes, Klein’s film dispels the myth of disability as tragedy, and celebrates the rich wholeness of these diverse and full lives. Witty, edgy - sometimes shocking - and deliberate, Shameless: The ART of Disability reveals each artist in their element as they speak candidly about their art, relationships, joys and fears. Shameless is a revelation of a film: honest, vulnerable and filled with unexpected beauty.

Space is wheelchair accessible. Call 212.251.4092 to RSVP or email: Lawrence@dnnyc.net

The disTHIS! Film Series is made possible, in part, by generous support from the Christopher Reeve Foundation.