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Issue no. 28 January 2007
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From November 17-20, the 3rd International Disability Film Festival “Breaking Down Barriers” was held in Moscow at the movie theater Salyut, still one of the most accessible movie theaters in town. More than 1,500 people attended the four day event. Viewers included teachers, social protection officials, students of film and social work, special educators, disability activists and other members of the community.
The festival showcased nearly 100 films from Canada, France, South Africa, Georgia, Russia, the U.S., Italy, Mexico, Denmark, Belgium, Ireland, the UK, Austria, Mexico, Germany, and India. Films were short and long features, documentaries, animation, films for children, about children, public service announcements, and more. The films from 20 countries competed for 11 awards. The awards were selected by a distinguished jury of Russian film-makers, chaired by the famous Russian director, writer, producer and actor, Aleksander Mitta, who graduated from the well-known All-Russian Cinema Institute in 1960. He is also a recipient of the distinguished Russian Film Award, 2001, TEFI. In 2004 he was awarded the title “Most Popular Artist of Russia.” At the start of the festival, Mr. Mitta was interviewed by national Russian TV. On National TV Mr Mitta remarked: “These are films about disabled people, but they are not for them, they’re for us. You get such a sense of fullness from them …And it’s all true.” Read more about the Moscow Film Festival...
U.S. Teenager
Wins Award for Acerbic Disability Awareness Video
Benjamin Snow, 19, was one of more than 300 video producers who entered
a contest to “Film Your Issue” in 30-60 seconds
last May. The results were posted online where thousands of viewing
voters selected Snow’s short video called “Thumbs
Down to Pity” as one of the 35 best. A professional media
jury then selected his creative entry as one of five winners. Snow and
his parents joined the other winners at the United Nations on June 19
for an awards ceremony. Go here to watch “Thumbs Down to
Pity,” an acerbic and humorous request to Hollywood
media-makers to excise this emotion from their disability treatments.
You can watch the video on DisabilityWorld or watch and then order
a copy on DVD or VHS on Snow's website.
UN Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
Lauding Disability Convention as "Dawn of a New Era", UN Urges Speedy Ratification
ILO Welcomes New UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities
Dutch View: What Impact Will the UN Disability Rights Convention Have?
EU-25 commits to the protection of disabled people's Human Rights through a new UN Convention
Mental Disability Advocacy Center Clarifies Advances of UN Convention for those with Mental Disabilities
Practical Discussions on Implementation in the U.S. and Other Countries
Taking the Right Approach to Disability
International News and ViewsIdentity crisis in the Disability Movement?
The Protection of Rights of People with Disabilities in China
Disability and Development: A contribution to promoting the interests of persons with disabilities in German Development Cooperation
Consensus Conference on Wheelchairs for Developing Countries Held in Bangalore
Kenyans With Disabilities Must Now Challenge Political Marginalization
Russia: government must establish independent investigation into hospital fire deaths
Romanian NGOs Protest Use of World Bank Funds to Support "Dormitories" for Disabled Persons
Unique HIV & AIDS Initiative for Africa
Iraq & Afghanistan wars briefly
Arts & MediaBreaking Down More Barriers in Moscow with Film
Disability in the U.S. Media – notes on 2006
U.S. Teenager Wins Award for Acerbic Disability Awareness Video
New Documentary about Psychological Trauma Experienced by U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Call for Entries: Emotion Pictures, Documentary and Disability 1st International Festival, Athens 2007
Access & Technology
Frank Bowe, Ph.D., Outlines How to Improve Electronic Access in University Setting
Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments Formed
W3C boosts Web access for disabled
Women & YouthUN Study of Violence Against Women Finds 50% of Disabled Women Experience Abuse
Protection of the rights of women with disabilities
Students with Mental Retardation Make Gains in the general classroom, University of Florida study finds
Sterilisation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Book Reviews
Book Review: Disability in Afghanistan
Blindness and the Visionary: Fully Accessible Biography of Sir John Wilson (1919-1999)
Children with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus in Africa
Book Review: Disability in Ethiopia
Disability & Deafness in North East Africa
In Our Hearts We Were Giants: the remarkable story of the Lilliput Troupe--a dwarf family’s survival of the Holocaust
Book Review: Ethnicity and Family Therapy
Book Review: Helping Children Who Are Deaf
The Women Weigh In: Memoirs from the Distaff Side of the Disability Movement
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