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November 14, 2004
International Disability Film Festival
SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival Call for Entries
SUPERFEST, the world's longest-running juried international disability film festival, is seeking your entry for submission to our 25th film competition. SUPERFEST is the primary international showcase for cutting-edge films that portray disability culture in all its diverse, complex, and empowering facets.
We are seeking entries of works about disability produced since January 1999. We especially want to encourage submissions by mediamakers with disabilities. A 1/2 inch VHS-NTSC preview format is required, along with a completed and signed entry and release form, and entry fee check. Final entry deadline: January 31, 2005 (post-marked). Early bird discount if mailed by Jan. 15, 2005.
Judging takes place in Spring 2005, and winners will be announced on or around April 1st, 2005. Winners will be screened in the SF Bay Area in June, 2005, and all entries will be listed in the festival catalogue. Winners will be asked to provide still production photos and tape copies for publicity purposes.
Entry fees range from $30 to $90, depending on film length and production budget. To request an entry packet, send a legal size SASE to: CDT, P.O. Box 1107, Berkeley, CA 94701; Phone: 510-845-5576; Email: Superfest@aol.com.
For detailed information, or to download an entry form, visit http://www.madknight.com/cdt/superfest
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Posted by Nancy at November 14, 2004 05:13 PM
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THE LAWSUIT DILEMMA
Today, lawsuits for social change are widely condemned. Yet they're the only real means we have for achieving access.
The Americans with Disabilities Act has no federal
enforcement mechanism. To get it enforced requires a lawsuit. Is a lawsuit over inaccessible toilet paper a frivolous one? Is a lawsuit over an inch -- or two -- a frivolous one?
Along California's central cost, a few disabled people, filing many lawsuits, are loudly condemned
in local newspapers and on TV.
Ragged Edge editor Mary Johnson takes a look at what's behind the furor. Could it be ... Clint Eastwood again?
Read story at
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/focus/molski1104.html
Posted by: Jim at November 4, 2004 05:43 PM
It seems this is the only way to make people understand. Somebody should come up with a way to sue all blind rehab agencies who put all blind people into one single category, and who take the attitude of, "Our way or the highway." I wonder if this will take just one lawsuit or many, or if just a lawsuit is the answer.
Posted by: Jake at November 5, 2004 04:23 PM