[nabs-l] "Lives Worth Living" Disability Rights DocumentaryPremieres on PBS Series Independent Lens; October 27

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Oct 23 23:17:38 UTC 2011 

I=20would=20certainly=20hope=20so,=20as=20the=20Federation=20is=20one=20of,=
=20if=20not=20
the=20leader=20in=20the=20disability=20rights=20movement,=20and=20Dr.=20=20=
tenBroek=20
pretty=20much=20founded=20the=20movement.=20=20If=20they=20don't=20talk=20a=
bout=20the=20
Federation,=20I=20would=20guess=20they'd=20probably=20talk=20about=20the=20=
work=20of=20
Dr.=20=20tenBroek.=20=20I=20have=20been=20behind=20on=20the=20list,=20so=20=
what=20time=20will=20
the=20show=20be=20on?=20Thanks!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Arielle=20Silverman=20<arielle71 at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sat,=2022=20Oct=202011=2021:52:47=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20"Lives=20Worth=20Living"=20Disability=20Rights=
=20
DocumentaryPremieres=20on=20PBS=20Series=20Independent=20Lens;=20October=20=
27

I=20assume=20the=20Federation=20will=20be=20discussed=20when=20they=20cover=
=20
blindness
civil=20rights.
Arielle

On=2010/22/11,=20Jedi=20<loneblindjedi at samobile.net>=20wrote:
=20That's=20odd,=20where's=20the=20Federation=20in=20all=20this=20seems=20h=
ow=20Jacobus
=20tenBroek=20kind=20of=20founded=20the=20Disability=20Rights=20movement=20=
through=20
his
=20scholarly=20work=20?=20And=20really,=20the=20blindness=20movement=20is=20=
probably=20
one=20of
=20the=20strongest=20in=20the=20overall=20Disability=20Rights=20Movement.

=20And=20also,=20has=20anyone=20heard=20whether=20or=20not=20the=20film=20w=
ill=20be=20
available
=20online=20as=20I=20don't=20have=20a=20television?.

=20Respectfully,
=20Jedi

=20Original=20message:


=20Rarely=20in=20the=20history=20of=20media=20has=20a=20documentary
=20captured=20the=20authentic=20voices=20of=20disability
=20leaders=20as=20they=20reframe=20the=20debate=20on=20the
=20disability=20rights=20movement=20in=20America.=20=20This
=20October=2027=20premiere=20of=20Lives=20Worth=20Living
=20coincides=20with=20National=20Disability=20Employment
=20Awareness=20Month,=20and=20gives=20=93Independent=20Lens=94=20a
=20whole=20new=20meaning=20as=20this=20film=20recalibrates=20the
=20focus=20that=20chronicles=20the=20Independent=20Living=20Movement.
=20This=20film=20is=20for=20everyone=20with=20=96=20and=20without=20-
=20disabilities.=20=20We=20encourage=20students=20to=20watch
=20and=20discuss=20in=20school;=20employees=20to=20watch=20(with
=20their=20Employee=20Resource=20Groups);=20families=20to
=20experience=20it=20with=20friends.=20=20Blog=20about=20it,=20talk=20about=
=20it.
=20Let=20PBS=20know=20this=20is=20the=20kind=20of=20authentic=20programming=
=20that=20is=20
important.
=20Lives=20Worth=20Living=20IS=20the=20film=20worth=20watching!

=20Lead=20On.....

=20Tari

=20Tari=20Hartman=20Squire,=20CEO
=20EIN=20SOF=20Communications,=20Inc.
=20"We=20Mean=20Business"
=2011601=20Wilshire=20Boulevard,=20Suite=20500
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=20310-473-5954=20-=20office
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<mailto:Tari at EINSOFcommunications.com>Tari at EINSOFcommunications.c
om




=20FOR=20IMMEDIATE=20RELEASE=20CONTACT
=20Voleine=20Amilcar,=20ITVS=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20415-356-838=
3=20x
=20244
=20<mailto:voleine_amilcar at itvs.org>voleine_amilcar at itvs.org
=20Mary
=20Lugo
=20770-623-8190
=20<mailto:lugo at negia.net>lugo at negia.net
=20Cara
=20White
=20843-881-1480
=20<mailto:cara.white at mac.com>cara.white at mac.com

=20For=20downloadable=20images,=20visit
=20<http://pressroom.pbs.org/>http://pressroom.pbs.org

=20LIVES=20WORTH=20LIVING=20Premieres=20on=20the=20PBS=20Series=20INDEPENDE=
NT=20LENS
=20Thursday,=20October=2027=20at=2010=20PM=20During
=20National=20Disability=20Employment=20Awareness=20Month

=20Powerful=20Documentary=20Chronicles=20the=20History=20of
=20America=92s=20Disability=20Rights=20Movement

=20While=20there=20are=20over=2054=20million=20Americans=20living
=20with=20disabilities,=20Lives=20Worth=20Living=20is=20the
=20first=20television=20history=20of=20their=20decades-long
=20struggle=20for=20equal=20rights.=20=20Produced=20and=20directed
=20by=20Eric=20Neudel,=20Lives=20Worth=20Living=20is=20a=20window
=20into=20a=20world=20inhabited=20by=20people=20with=20an
=20unwavering=20determination=20to=20live=20their=20lives
=20like=20everyone=20else,=20and=20a=20look=20back=20into=20a=20past
=20when=20millions=20of=20Americans=20lived=20without=20access
=20to=20schools,=20employment,=20apartment=20buildings,=20and
=20public=20transportation=20=96=20a=20way=20of=20life
=20unimaginable=20today.=20=20Lives=20Worth=20Living=20premieres
=20on=20the=20Emmy=AE=20Award-winning=20PBS=20series
=20Independent=20Lens,=20on=20Thursday,=20October=2027,=202011
=20at=2010=20PM=20(check=20local=20listings)=20to=20coincide=20with
=20National=20Disability=20Employment=20Awareness=20Month.

=20Lives=20Worth=20Living=20traces=20the=20development=20of=20the
=20disability=20rights=20movement=20from=20its=20beginning
=20following=20World=20War=20II,=20when=20thousands=20of
=20disabled=20veterans=20returned=20home,=20through=20its
=20burgeoning=20in=20the=201960s=20and=201970s,=20when=20it=20began
=20to=20adopt=20the=20tactics=20of=20other=20social=20movements.
=20Told=20through=20interviews=20with=20the=20movement=92s
=20pioneers,=20legislators,=20and=20others,=20Lives=20Worth
=20Living=20explores=20how=20Americans=20with=20a=20wide
=20variety=20of=20disabilities=20=AD=20including=20blind,=20deaf,
=20physical,=20intellectual=20and=20psychiatric=20=AD=20banded
=20together=20to=20change=20public=20perception=20and=20policy.
=20Through=20demonstrations=20and=20legislative=20battles,
=20the=20disability=20rights=20community=20finally=20secured
=20equal=20civil=20rights=20with=20the=201990=20passage=20and
=20signing=20into=20law=20of=20the=20Americans=20with
=20Disabilities=20Act,=20one=20of=20the=20most=20transformative
=20pieces=20of=20civil=20rights=20legislation=20in=20American=20history.


=20[]






=20[]


=20[]


=20To=20learn=20more=20about=20the=20film,=20and=20the=20issues
=20involved,=20visit=20the=20film=92s=20companion=20website=20at
=20
<http://www.pbs.org/independentlens>www.pbs.org/independentlens/.
=20Get=20detailed=20information=20on=20the=20film,=20watch
=20preview=20clips,=20read=20an=20interview=20with=20the
=20filmmaker,=20and=20explore=20the=20subject=20in=20depth=20with
=20links=20and=20resources.=20=20The=20site=20also=20features=20a
=20Talkback=20section,=20where=20viewers=20can=20share=20their=20ideas=20an=
d=20
opinions.


=20About=20the=20Participants,=20in=20Order=20of=20Appearance
=20Fred=20Fay,=20early=20leader=20in=20the
=20
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_rights_movement>disabili
ty
=20rights=20movement=20(1944=20=96=202011)
=20Ann=20Ford,=20director=20of=20the=20Illinois=20National=20Council=20on=20=

Independent=20Living
=20Judy=20Heumann,=20leading=20disability=20rights
=20activist,=20Co-Founder=20of=20World=20Institute=20on=20Disability
=20Judi=20Chamberlin,=20Mental=20Patients=20Liberation
=20Front,=20a=20movement=20for=20the=20rights=20and=20dignity=20of
=20people=20with=20mental=20illness=20(1944-2010)
=20Dr.=20=20William=20Bronston,=20former=20staff=20physician=20at
=20the=20notorious=20Willowbrook=20State=20School=20who=20was
=20dismissed=20after=20agitating=20for=20change
=20Bob=20Kafka,=20established=20ADAPT=20of=20Texas,=20a
=20disability=20rights=20advocacy=20organization
=20Zona=20Roberts,=20counselor,=20UC=20Berkeley's
=20Physically=20Disabled=20Students=92=20Program=20and=20Center
=20for=20Independent=20Living,=20Berkeley;=20mother=20of
=20disability=20rights=20pioneer=20Ed=20Roberts
=20Pat=20Wright,=20Former=20Disability=20Rights=20Education=20and=20Defense=
=20Fund
=20John=20Wodatch,=20Former=20Chief,=20Disability=20Rights
=20Section,=20Civil=20Rights=20Division,=20U.=20=20S.=20=20Department=20of=
=20Justice
=20Jack=20Duncan,=20Former=20Counsel,=20U.S.=20=20House=20of=20Representati=
ves
=20Mary=20Jane=20Owen,=20disability=20rights=20activist,
=20philosopher,=20policy=20expert,=20and=20writer
=20Marca=20Bristo,=20CEO,=20Access=20Living=20of=20Metropolitan
=20Chicago,=20former=20chair=20of=20the=20National=20Council=20on
=20Disability,=20and=20leader=20in=20the=20disability=20rights=20movement
=20Michael=20Winter,=20Former=20director,=20Berkeley=20Center=20for=20Indep=
endent=20
Living
=20Lex=20Frieden,=20Former=20director,=20National=20Council
=20on=20the=20Handicapped=20(now=20National=20Council=20on=20Disability)
=20Dr.=20=20I.=20=20King=20Jordan,=20President=20Emeritus,=20Gallaudet=20Un=
iversity
=20Jeff=20Rosen,=20alumni=20leader,=20Gallaudet=20University
=20Senator=20Tom=20Harkin,=20(D-Iowa),=20co-author=20of=20the=20ADA
=20Bobby=20Silverstein,=20Former=20Chief=20Counsel,=20Senate
=20Subcommittee=20on=20Disability=20Policy
=20Richard=20Thornburgh,=20U.S.=20=20Attorney=20General,=201988-1991
=20Tony=20Coelho,=20Former=20Congressman=20(D-California),
=20House=20Majority=20Whip,=201986-1989,=20author=20of=20the=20ADA
=20Justin=20Dart,=20leader=20in=20the=20disability=20rights=20movement=20(1=
930=20=96=20
2002)

=20About=20the=20Filmmaker
=20Eric=20Neudel=20(Producer/Director)=20has=20produced,
=20directed,=20and=20edited=20numerous=20award-winning
=20films=20for=20public=20television.=20=20His=20many=20credits
=20include=20Eyes=20on=20the=20Prize,=20AIDS:=20Chapter=20One,
=20LBJ=20Goes=20to=20War,=20Tet=201968,=20Steps,=20After=20the
=20Crash,=20The=20Philippines=20and=20The=20US:=20In=20Our=20Image,
=20Body=20and=20Soul,=20and=20more.=20=20He=20was=20a=20visiting
=20senior=20critic=20and=20lecturer=20in=20film=20at=20Yale
=20University=20and=20served=20as=20producer,=20director,=20and
=20editor=20for=20Harvard=20University=92s=20Derek=20Bok=20Center
=20for=20Teaching=20and=20Learning,=20and=20Spectrum=20Media=92s
=20program=20series=20on=20the=20art=20and=20craft=20of=20teaching.
=20Neudel=20was=20also=20a=20photographer=20and=20video
=20production=20consultant,=20teaching=20video=20production
=20to=20a=20team=20working=20for=20the=20Compass=20Project=20in
=20Malawi.=20=20Photographs=20from=20his=20two=20years=20in=20Malawi
=20were=20exhibited=20in=20the=20Sandra=20and=20Phillip=20Gordon
=20Gallery=20at=20The=20Boston=20Arts=20Academy=20in=20October=202007.

=20He=20also=20served=20as=20story=20consultant=20for=20Row=20Hard
=20No=20Excuses,=20an=20award-winning=20documentary=20about
=20two=20middle=20aged=20American=20men=20who=20set=20out=20to
=20cross=20the=20Atlantic=20in=20a=20rowboat.=20=20Most=20recently
=20he=20served=20as=20a=20photographer=20in=20Rwanda=20for=20The
=20Boston=20Globe,=20where=20he=20directed,=20produced,=20and
=20edited=20a=20companion=20documentary=20about=20the
=20Maranyundo=20Middle=20School,=20which=20was=20built=20on=20the
=20site=20of=20one=20of=20the=20worst=20concentration=20camps=20and=20killi=
ng=20fields=20
in
=20Rwanda.


=20About=20Independent=20Lens
=20Independent=20Lens=20is=20an=20Emmy=AE=20Award-winning
=20weekly=20series=20airing=20Thursday=20nights=20at=2010=20PM=20on
=20PBS.=20=20The=20acclaimed=20anthology=20series=20features
=20documentaries=20and=20a=20limited=20number=20of=20fiction
=20films=20united=20by=20the=20creative=20freedom,=20artistic
=20achievement,=20and=20unflinching=20visions=20of=20their
=20independent=20producers.=20=20Independent=20Lens=20features
=20unforgettable=20stories=20about=20a=20unique=20individual,
=20community=20or=20moment=20in=20history.=20=20Presented=20by=20the
=20Independent=20Television=20Service=20(ITVS),=20the
=20series=20is=20supported=20by=20interactive=20companion
=20websites=20and=20national=20publicity=20and=20community
=20engagement=20campaigns.=20=20Further=20information=20about
=20the=20series=20is=20available=20at
=20<http://www.pbs.org/independentlens>www.pbs.org/independentlens.
=20Independent=20Lens=20is=20jointly=20curated=20by=20ITVS=20and
=20PBS;=20it=20is=20funded=20by=20the=20Corporation=20for=20Public
=20Broadcasting=20(CPB),=20a=20private=20corporation=20funded
=20by=20the=20American=20people,=20with=20additional=20funding
=20provided=20by=20PBS=20and=20the=20National=20Endowment=20for
=20the=20Arts.=20=20The=20series=20producer=20is=20Lois=20Vossen.

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