Superfest Showcase: The Best of Disability Film
For over 30 years, this annual festival in San Francisco and Berkeley has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability in all its diverse, complex, and engaging facets. Don’t miss this opportunity to catch the films you've missed brought to San Francisco State University!
Access
All films are shown with captioning and audio description. For live captioning and ASL interpreting of program, please request by January 31, 2018 through Emily Beitiks via pklinst@sfsu.edu or (415) 405-3528. Please refrain from wearing scented products, so that people with chemical sensitivities can join us.
Film Schedule
"THE BARBER OF AUGUSTA"
Directed by Michèle Hozer
Canada, 2016, Documentary Short
Liane Yasumoto’s Jury’s Choice Award
Toronto native Matthew Genser goes to great lengths to find his unexpected superpower: cutting hair. Like all superheroes, he has a dark side; but in his costume, he’s invincible. Put on your cape and get lined up!
"SIGN"
Directed by Andrew Keenan-Bolger
United States, 2016, Short
Two men meet on a train—and a tender and unspoken love story unfolds. Through vignettes, music and sign language, “Sign” follows the relationship between Ben (hearing) and Aaron (Deaf) as they navigate life’s milestones side by side.
"ON BEAT"
Directed by Cheng Zhang, Reid Davenport
United States, 2015, Documentary Short
This documentary short follows the lives of a deaf couple with hearing children and the unexpected outlet that brings their family closer together.
"THE CHILI STORY"
Directed by Patty Berne
United States, 2014, Animated Short
P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award
A true story about desire and the arousal of taboo on a BART train.
"STAB: LIFE AS A VOODOO DOLL"
Directed by Jeanette Castillo
United States, 2017, Animated Short
An animated comic medical memoir dedicated to all those who live with chronic illness or disability. Writer and director Jeanette Castillo pairs her tongue-and-cheek personal account of living with Type 1 diabetes with criticism of the American healthcare system.
Notes
Superfest is co-organized by the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. Learn more at Superfestfilm.com!