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Disability Goes Hollywood #1: (1940s-1950s)

May 30th, 2007 by Joe Posner

by Joe Posner
From the silent era through the talkies, Hollywood portrayed the disabled primarily in one of two ways: either as figures that generated fear or pity. That began to [...]


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Disabled achievers focus of film festival

May 25th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

The International Disability Film Festivalheld its 27th annual event in Berkeley. Thirteen award winners were chosen from the 45 entries submitted from 10 countries.


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