https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/tags/san-francisco-public-library en https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/save-date-two-chances-watch-films-superfest-2015 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Missed out on the 2015 Superfest? Have no fear, the Superfest Showcase will be screening some of our best recent shorts at a San Francisco location near you!</p> <p><a href="http://superfestfilm.com">Superfest: International Disability Film Festival</a> is a showcase of juried films held in the San Francisco Bay Area, co-presented by the <a href="http://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu">Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability</a> and the <a href="http://lighthouse-sf.org" target="_blank">San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired</a>. For nearly 30 years, this annual competition has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability in all its diverse, complex, and engaging facets. We are proud to be the longest running disability film festival in the world. Visit <a href="http://superfestfilm.com">superfestfilm.com</a> to learn more about the 2016 festival, October 22 and 23 in Berkeley and San Francisco.</p> <!--more--><h2>Sunday, August 14th at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (1-4pm in the Latino Hispanic Community Room)</h2> <h4>Featuring:</h4> <p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1699" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/predators.jpeg?w=600" alt="Illustration of a snarling, drooling darkened figure, wolf-like in appearance, with gleaming eye pointed at the figures of two small people sitting on higher tree branches." width="300" height="127" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Predators of Transylvania</strong> (2015 Disabled Filmmaker Award Winner) [7 min.]<br /> Director: Julia Kolenakova; Slovakia</p> <p>Nothing is quite as it seems in this Slovakian folklore-inspired animation.</p> <p><strong><img class=" size-medium wp-image-1701 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/tbontb.png?w=600" alt="A slightly unfocused photograph of a man in a white button-down shirt, pressing his right hand to his chest as he looks upward." width="300" height="168" /></strong></p> <p><strong>To Be or Not To Be</strong> (2015 Excellence Award Winner) [61 min.]<br /> Director: Aziz Zairov; Kazakhstan</p> <p>An actor who is disabled rehearses Hamlet's soliloquy and questions whether to live or die.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1690 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/reggione.jpg" alt="Screenshot of two plastic dolls, wearing glasses and colorfully patterned clothing, sitting opposite at a small round table. The doll on the right has a red and blue hat." width="350" height="197" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Regione Caecorum (In the Land of the Blind)</strong> (2015 P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award) [3 min.]<br /> Director: Drew Goldsmith; U.S.</p> <p>If a society is built with blind people as the norm, it might be the person with sight who feels disabled.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1697 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/gift.jpg" alt="gift" width="328" height="239" /></strong></p> <p><strong>The Gift (of Impermanence)</strong> (2105 Artistry Award Winner) [11 min.]<br /> Director: Alex Ketley; U.S.</p> <p>Axis Dance Company's choreography allows an audience to explore what is beautiful about the diverse body.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1689 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/rentacrip.jpeg" alt="Two people, one in a motorized wheelchair, the other holding a microphone, smile at each other, appearing to be in conversation." width="324" height="216" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Rent-A-Crip</strong> (2015 Disability Comedy Award) [3 min.]<br /> Director: Terry Galloway and Diane Wilkins; U.S.</p> <p>A savvy group of disabled people have taken the reins from the able-bodied profiteers and put themselves in control.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1695 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/hole.jpeg" alt="A man in a motorized wheelchair looks out onto a city street." width="335" height="188" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Hole (2015)</strong> [15 min]<br /> By Martin Edralin; Canada (explicit)</p> <p>A daring portrait of a man yearning for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1693 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/bastion.jpg" alt="A seated man, who has no hair, and another man stands over him, appearing to be speaking to the seated man." width="331" height="186" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Bastion</strong> (2015 Best of Festival Short Winner) [11 min.]<br /> Director: Ray Jacobs; U.K.</p> <p>A completely bald man walks into a barber shop, his reflection in the window has told him it's time for a haircut.</p> <p><em><strong> All films are audio described and open captioned. For ASL interpreting or live captioning, contact Marti Goddard: <a href="mailto:marti.goddard@sfpl.org">marti.goddard@sfpl.org</a>.</strong></em></p> <p>See event page <a href="http://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/pages/1871">here</a>.</p> <h2>Tuesday, September 20th at SFSU's J. Paul Leonard Library Room 121 (12-1pm)</h2> <h4>Featuring:</h4> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1702 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/interviewer2.png" alt="A man dressed in a suit and glasses with spiked hair, who appears to have Down's Syndrome, raises his arm in a beckoning gesture." width="286" height="161" /><br /> The Interviewer</strong> (2013 Best of Festival Winner) [13 min.]<br /> Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith and R. Bryan; AUSTRALIA.</p> <p>Thomas Howell gets more than he bargained for in his interview at a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter, and the chance to change the lives of a father and son.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1693 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/bastion.jpg" alt="A seated man, who has no hair, and another man stands over him, appearing to be speaking to the seated man." width="310" height="174" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Bastion</strong> (2015 Best of Festival Short Winner) [11 min.]<br /> Director: Ray Jacobs; U.K.</p> <p>A completely bald man walks into a barber shop, his reflection in the window has told him it's time for a haircut.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1699 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/predators.jpeg" alt="Illustration of a snarling, drooling darkened figure, wolf-like in appearance, with gleaming eye pointed at the figures of two small people sitting on higher tree branches." width="389" height="164" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Predators of Transylvania</strong> (2015 Disabled Filmmaker Award Winner) [7 min.]<br /> Director: Julia Kolenakova; Slovakia</p> <p>Nothing is quite as it seems in this Slovakian folklore-inspired animation.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1690 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/reggione.jpg" alt="Screenshot of two plastic dolls, wearing glasses and colorfully patterned clothing, sitting opposite at a small round table. The doll on the right has a red and blue hat." width="317" height="178" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Regione Caecorum (In the Land of the Blind) </strong>(2015 P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award) [3 min.]<br /> Director: Drew Goldsmith; U.S.</p> <p>If a society is built with blind people as the norm, it might be the person with sight who feels disabled.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1689 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/rentacrip.jpeg" alt="Two people, one in a motorized wheelchair, the other holding a microphone, smile at each other, appearing to be in conversation." width="278" height="185" /></strong><strong><br /> Rent-A-Crip</strong> (2015 Disability Comedy Award) [3 min.]<br /> Director: Terry Galloway and Diane Wilkins; U.S.</p> <p>A savvy group of disabled people have taken the reins from the able-bodied profiteers and put themselves in control.</p> <p><strong><img class=" wp-image-1694 aligncenter" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/once-again.jpg" alt="A painted promotional image for the film &quot;Once Again&quot; by John Moore. In the bottom left corner is a young person with closed eyes and clasped hands. Text is painted behind them, filling the rest of the image. The text reads: &quot;What if my Dad loses his job? Will we move? What if I get sick? What if my house burns down? What if there is an earthquake? Where would we live? What if something happens to my parents?&quot;" width="255" height="261" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Once Again</strong> (2014 Excellence Award Winner) [19 min.]<br /> Director: John Spottswood Moore; U.S.</p> <p>After nearly 20 years, filmmaker John Spottswood Moore revisits his life as a ten year old with OCD.</p> <p><strong><em>All films are open captioned and audio described. For ASL interpreting or CART, please contact Emily Beitiks, <a href="mailto:beitiks@sfsu.edu">beitiks@sfsu.edu</a>, by September 8. </em></strong></p> <p>See event page <a href="http://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/pages/1866">here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/disability">disability</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/film-festival">film festival</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/j-paul-leonard-library">J. Paul Leonard Library</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lighthouse-blind-and-visually-impaired">LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/san-francisco-public-library">San Francisco Public Library</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sfsu">SFSU</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/superfest-2015">Superfest 2015</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/superfest-international-disability-film-festival">Superfest: International Disability Film Festival</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/uncategorized">Uncategorized</a></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:47:51 +0000 Visitor 1283 at https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/save-date-two-chances-watch-films-superfest-2015#comments https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/friends-words-2015 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>By: Catherine Kudlick</p> <p><a href="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/6a00d83452a98069e200e54f2ac04f8834-640wi.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-226" src="https://longmoreinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/6a00d83452a98069e200e54f2ac04f8834-640wi.jpg?w=300" alt="Two people speak into microphones inside a StoryCorps booth." width="300" height="240" /></a><br /> What better way to end 2014 than to celebrate friendship? Thanks to the <a title="The Disability Visibility Project" href="http://www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com/" target="_blank">Disability Visibility Project</a>, this past summer and fall scores of people from the SF Bay Area headed to the cozy <a title="StoryCorps San Francisco" href="http://storycorps.org/san-francisco/" target="_blank">StoryCorps</a> booth at the San Francisco Public Library to record conversations with friends and loved ones. Assistant Director Emily Beitiks interviewed her longtime family friend <a title="Stanley Yarnell Biography" href="http://www.stmarysmedicalcenter.org/Medical_Services/202963" target="_blank">Stanley Yarnell</a>, who discussed being a physician as he relied less and less on vision, while I interviewed writer and Berkeley English professor <a title="Georgina Kleege Biography" href="http://english.berkeley.edu/profiles/45" target="_blank">Georgina Kleege</a> about our great friendship built in part upon the idea that we call ourselves "imperfectly blind" because we see more than sighted people think we should. <a href="https://sites7.sfsu.edu/longmoreinstitute/pages/longmore-institute-story-corps" target="_blank">Listen to the interviews  or download the transcripts</a> compiled by our dedicated interns.</p> <p>There’s something profound at the root of these interviews, something daring, even subversive. First, disabled people get to tell the stories rather than have the stories told about us. This makes us experts, especially Stanley who talks openly about what it was like to be a practicing physician with a vision impairment, pushing the boundaries of credulity for many. Yet he also challenges the rules and raises questions such as what is medical <em>care</em>? What do we learn from our doctors about vulnerability, strength, and ourselves, whoever we are? Stanley's experiences wearing two hats that too often feel mutually exclusive - that of the physician and disabled person - is part of what first drew Emily to Stanley (and why she pestered him repeatedly until he agreed to record his stories for the Disability Visibility Project).</p> <p>Second, the interviews let the cat out of the bag: disabled people have friends, even and especially disabled friends who bring great joy and mirth to everything. In a world that never portrays more than one blind person anywhere except for special schools, Georgina and I have spent many hours, cooking, walking, gossiping, sharing stories about the odd overheard comment, swapping tips about the latest accessible apps or latest book we're reading, coming up with new teaching strategies, always leaving with more questions than answers. Just like for Emily and Stanley, disability was what kindled and sustained that inexplicable spark of friendship – a striking contrast with those Hollywood depictions of disability that tear people apart or make the bonding seem creepy!</p> <p>Just maybe 2015 will be the year of the first mainstream disability buddy film, one played by actual disabled people who can laugh about that ridiculous thing that happened on the bus or have discovered something wonderful about their humanity by helping a struggling nondisabled person. Or even better still, they could just be random friends in a bigger story that wasn’t only about disability.</p> <p>Let me offer up a new word for 2015, "disabilityship." In my special dictionary it looks like this: <strong>disabilityship</strong> [dis′ə bil′ə tē′s̸hip′]</p> <ol> <li>noun referring to a deep connection that two or more people have with one another thanks to disability.</li> <li>Alt. meaning: an accessible, crip-friendly spacecraft.</li> </ol> <p>Let every dictionary list this blog post as the origin of a word that finally exists to show the world something truly wonderful about disability.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/catherine-kudlick">Catherine Kudlick</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/disability">disability</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/disability-visibility-project">Disability Visibility Project</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/georgina-kleege">Georgina Kleege</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/san-francisco-public-library">San Francisco Public Library</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/uncategorized">Uncategorized</a></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:59:40 +0000 Visitor 1242 at https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/friends-words-2015#comments