At the Closing Ceremony of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Polly received the "Humanitarian Award". Thanks to the festival for honoring the film and its powerful message of inclusion. And thanks to everyone who helped in telling this important story and has supported the Inclusive Arts Campaign.
At Cinema Paradiso on November 11th, during the closing day of the 26th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, A New Kind of Listening was given a standing ovation. Polly attended the Q&A and shared two comments from the audience: "This film should be seen by every human on the planet"…
Phil Hall has written a review on the "Film Threat" website. “A New Kind of Listening provides a wonderful glimpse at [a] daring attempt to address harsh stereotypes regarding the developmentally disabled..." Read the full review here...
Polly was in Washington, D.C. Nov. 7th for the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of University Centers on Disability – a very prestigious conference indeed! The film was selected to screen in the conference's Media Room, which had a "disability and the arts" theme this year. After the screening,…
Reminder about two upcoming events. Polly travels to the 2011 AUCD Conference in Arlington, VA for two screenings in the Media Room on Mon., Nov. 7th @ 1pm and Wed., Nov. 9th @ 3:20pm. She then heads down for a screening at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival on Fri., Nov.…
Check out Polly's guest blog entry at the TASH website. Polly will be attending the upcoming 2011 TASH Conference and participating in a Cross Topic Session on Friday, December 2nd @ 9:45am.
A New Kind of Listening will screen at the 2011 Conference of the Assoc. for University Centers on Disability (AUCD), Arlington, VA on Mon., Nov. 7th @ 1:00pm. Polly will be attending and take part in a Q&A. The conference is celebrating AUCD's 40th Anniversary and the theme of this…
Arts Access invites you to the Inclusive Arts Coalition - Lunch and Learn! Arts Access would like to bring together those who are interested in issues related to arts and disability. It will be a chance to network, share resources and unite in shared advocacy issues. Please bring your own…
The following review appears in the August 2011 issue of "Library Journal": Theater director Robert Reho and his Community Inclusive Theater Group of actors/dancers working in North Carolina certainly have learned how to listen to people with disabilities. Group member Chris, a 20-year-old man with cerebral palsy once labeled retarded,…
Arts Access, Inc. is one of our great NC supporters and a wonderful advocacy for inclusive arts. They will be hosting a gathering of people interested in issues related to arts and disability on August 17th from 12-1pm. The lunch gathering will be held at the Alliance for Disability Advocates…