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Sixth Film Festival of London Disability Arts
The Sixth Film Festival of London Disability Arts will take place December 1-5, 2004 in London and details are available at www.disabilityfilmfestival.net. The deadline to enter is June 30.

New Disability Films Available from Fanlight Productions
Fanlight Productions is pleased to announce the release of four new titles on disability issues.

WE ARE PHAMALY
By Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher, Just Media
http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/408_wap.shtml
PHAMALY stands for the Physically Handicapped Amateur Musical Actors League. This dynamic troupe doesn't cut any corners or make any compromises. This engaging and entertaining documentary follows three cast members from their initial auditions through intensive and challenging rehearsals, to opening night, as they take the stage for a remarkable performance of "Once Upon a Mattress."
*Tribeca Film Festival*
19 Minutes, VHS, $199

A WHEELCHAIR FOR PETRONILIA
By Bob Gliner
http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/398_wfp.shtml
Potholed dirt roads and cobblestone streets, high curbs with no curb cuts, rough-hewn stone stairways instead of ramps; in Antigua, Guatemala, life for anyone with a mobility impairment is hard. This new documentary profiles "Transitions" a program, organized and run by Guatemalans with disabilities, which trains them to manufacture and repair cheap, sturdy wheelchairs designed for conditions in developing countries.
*Bronze Remi Award, WorldFest Houston*
28 Minutes, VHS, $199

MOTHERS OF COURAGE
By Rosie Dransfeld, National Film Board of Canada
http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/406_moc.shtml
This insightful video is a tribute to dedicated mothers and fathers throughout North America who fight and organize for their children to get the medical and social services they need. Bethany has multiple physical and developmental disabilities. Like thousands of dedicated parents, her mother has had to fight for years to get Bethany the medical and social services she needs.
48 Minutes, VHS, $229

BEARING WITNESS: LUKE MELCHIOR
By Dan Curtis, National Film Board of Canada
http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/404_bwlm.shtml
Luke Melchior jokes that at least he doesn't have to watch his cholesterol intake. At 26 he has already lived longer than most people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive wasting disease of the muscles. His debilitating illness and the slow deterioration of his condition have forced him to face death and to accept each day as a gift and a challenge. Knowing his life will be relatively short has made Luke feel an urgency about making a lasting contribution.
*Finalist, International Health and Medical Film Competition*
51 Minutes, VHS, $199

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Hidden Dragons: New Writing by Disabled People in Wales
The first an anthology of writing by disabled people in Wales has been published as part of Arts Disability Wales' project, The Write Stuff, funded by the European Year of Disabled People 2003 and in partnership with Parthian Books. Hidden Dragons: New Writing by Disabled People in Wales, edited by Allan Sutherland and Elin ap Hywel, is the result of a series of writing workshops for disabled writers held throughout Wales last September by Write Stuff. Launches to celebrate the publication of Hidden Dragons will be held across the country in June and July. For more information about the project, please visit the Arts Disability Wales website at http://www.artsdisabilitywales.com or Parthian Books at http://www.parthianbooks.co.uk.

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