VANCOVER, WASH. 鈥 Washington State University Vancouver will screen four movies during its 2011 Diversity Film Festival themed 鈥淒iversity and Disabilities: Celebrating the Abilities in Us All.鈥 Films will be shown at 4 p.m. Sept 12 鈥 15 in the Dengerink Administrative building, room 110. Admission is free and this event is open to the public. Each film highlights different disabilities including those considered physical, cognitive, familiar or extraordinary.
鈥淲retches & Jabberers鈥
Sept. 12
In 鈥淲retches & Jabberers鈥 two men with autism embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and intelligence. At each stop they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future.
鈥淏濒颈苍诲蝉颈驳丑迟鈥
Sept. 13
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight Follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000-foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind.
鈥淢usic Within鈥
Sept. 14
Richard Pimentel was always a great public speaker with a winning personality, but when he tries out for the country鈥檚 top debate team and is rejected, he takes his shattered dreams to the Army for a tour of duty in Vietnam. When a bomb blast takes his hearing, he returns home to become a groundbreaking speaker and campaigner on behalf of the rights of everyone with a disability including his fellow vets.
鈥淔or Once in My Life鈥
Sept. 15
This documentary is about a unique band of singers and musicians and their journey to show the world the greatness鈥攁nd killer soundtrack鈥攚ithin each of them. The band members have a wide range of mental and physical disabilities鈥攁s well as musical abilities that extend into ranges of pure genius. The film鈥檚 Director, Jim Bigham, will be a special guest at the screening.
麻豆传媒鈥檚 Diversity Council sponsors the Diversity Film Festival annually. For more information, visit .
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Armetta Burney, Diversity Film Festival committee member, 360-546-9355, aburney@vancouver.wsu.edu
Linda Campbell, Diversity Film Festival committee member, 360-546-9441, lk_campbell@vancouver.wsu.edu
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu