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Eli Steele's award-winning WHAT'S BUGGING SETH features a plotline that, at first glance, reads like the set-up of a joke: A driven young deaf man, a bilateral amputee, and a failed model star in a romantic comedy. The jokes don't stop there though. Lucky for audiences, the rest of WHAT'S BUGGING SETH is also funny. In the film, Seth Singer (Ross Thomas) invests his life savings into a pesticide business despite the presence of a welll-established competitor that will do anything to see him fail. Along the way, Seth meets Alma (Amy Purdy, a real-life double amputee) and the two bond over their disabilities. However, will Alma and Seth's connection be strong enough to withstand the return of Nora (Nora Kirkpatrick), Seth’s high school love, who comes home after a disappointing modeling career? Written and directed by Eli Steele (who was born profoundly deaf) many incidents from real life inspired the tone and humor in the film, including the comic sex scene - an audience favorite. Perfect for a Valentine's Day screening -- bring a date! -- WHAT'S BUGGING SETH is a charming and comic tale that explores both the pleasures and perils of love in honest, funny and direct ways that Hollywood has seldom dared. Shown with the 2004 Academy award-winning short subject, HARVIE KRUMPET, which tells the cradle to almost grave tale of an ordinary man seemingly cursed with bad luck. From being born with Tourette's Syndrome to getting struck by lightning – twice! – to testicular cancer to Alzheimer’s Disease, Harvie "bravely triumphs" over one disaster after another. Along the way Harvie falls in love, adopts a Thalidomide baby, fights for animal rights and becomes a geriatric nudist. An audience discussion will take place following the screening! disTHIS! movies, talkback sessions and related events are open to the public. $5 donation. Both movies are presented in English with open captions. ASL interpretation and audio description available upon request. Space is wheelchair accessible. There is a cash bar for drinks, but space is limited to the first 65 people! Recent articles in the Tribeca Trib, New York Nonprofit Press and the NY Times -- and YOUR support -- have filled screenings to capacity. DON'T MISS OUT! Call 212.284.4160 to reserve YOUR seat or email us at: disthis@dnnyc.net To sign up for regular email updates, go to: Friend us on MySpace at: When: Wednesday, February 6th The disTHIS! Film Series, a project of the Disabilities Network of NYC in association with DCTV, is a monthly showcase of festival quality independent and international short, documentary and feature films with disability themes audiences are unlikely to see elsewhere. disTHIS! movies are always provocative; never quite what you’d expect. No handkerchief necessary, no heroism required. This is disability through a whole new lens. |
