ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus
ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus
ReelAbilities is a groundbreaking film festival that promotes awareness and appreciation of lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different abilities, all through the easily accessible art form of film.
Bedlam Film Discussion
Join us for this live discussion with Filmmaker Kenneth Paul Rosenberg and director Peter Miller. We will also be joined by Tracie McCambridge from the Wexner Center and Chante Meadows from Meadows Counseling.
Read More
Bedlam
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, RAFF-Cleveland and RAFF-Columbus are teaming up for a virtual screening and a live virtual discussion on the award-winning documentary film, BEDLAM. FILM SYNOPSIS: BEDLAM is a feature-length documentary that addresses the national crisis and criminalization of the mentally ill, its connection between hundreds of thousands of […]
Read More
Mind Over Matter
A young man with Cerebral Palsy overcomes a paralyzed left hand, bullies, and stereotypes, dreaming of becoming a rock guitarist even while told he will never succeed. His dreams become reality as he leads his own band, inspired by the band Korn to express himself through music.
Read More
Meeting Intersectional Disability Aesthetics, Politics, and Culture
The newly re-emerging disability arts movement affirms that disability is more than the medicalized understanding of impairment as a deficit. This talk places creative access and intersectional disability aesthetics, culture, and politics at the heart of the creative process. Come meet Kinetic Light. Alice Sheppard is an emerging and Bessie award-winning choreographer, Sheppard creates movement that […]
Read More
ReelAbilities Columbus & The Vanderelli Room Present: Maricarmen
Maricarmen Graue is a cello player, music teacher, writer, and marathon runner. Blind and living alone, she subverts all expectations. About this event ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus and The Vanderelli Room Present: “Maricarmen”- an outdoor screening event Bring a blanket, a chair, or your favorite bean bag and join ReelAbilities Columbus, in partnership with The […]
Read More
Verisimilitude
SYNOPSIS: An unemployed disabled actress is frustrated that all the disabled acting roles go to able-bodied actors. She gets a job as an advisor to a spoilt up-and-coming British film star, advising him on how to be disabled for his latest role, which might just win him a BAFTA. CREDITS: Directed by David Proud Title: […]
Read More
Based on a True Story: An Evening of Shorts
Join Art Possible Ohio for four short films: Misinterpretation – Students from Bridgeway Academy write, direct, produce, and star in four short films about bullying and friendship. Developed in partnership with VSA Ohio, Thurber House, Matt + Nikki Swift. 14 minutes long Best Friend – After moving across the country, a little girl finds more […]
Read More
Crutch
Title: Crutch Category: Feature, Documentary Genre: Sport, Skateboarding, Disability, Dance Running Time: 93 minutes Country: U.S.A. Year: 2021 Language: English SYNOPSIS: Crutch chronicles the life of artist Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned breakdancer and skateboarder on crutches, as he uses his performance art skills to shine light on his prowess and power, tearing apart the […]
Read More
No Ordinary Hero: The Super Deafy Movie
Join us Wednesday, October 11th for a screening of the film No Ordinary Hero: The Super Deafy Movie. A deaf actor playing a superhero on a television show looks beyond his cape to help a deaf boy believe in himself. 6pm Happy Hour, Torpedo Room 7pm Film & Panel Discussion Professor Bill Bauer from Marietta […]
Read More
Artist Workshop “The Insanity Principles” with Linda Sibio
Taught by painter and performance artist Linda Carmella Sibio, this workshop includes a variety of multilayered psychological techniques, developed by Sibio, tapping into memory, play, and personal narrative as a source for art making.
Read More- « Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next »