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Code of the Freaks (FREE – Virtual Film)

February 21, 2021 - February 24, 2021

Code of the Freaks

Using hundreds of clips spanning over 100 years of moviemaking, and a cast of disabled artists, scholars and activists, it’s a scorching critique of some of Hollywood’s most beloved characters. This revelatory documentary investigates the power of movie imagery to shape the beliefs and behaviors of the general public toward disabled people, and of disabled people toward themselves. Drawing its title from a line from Tod Browning’s notorious 1932 film, Freaks, Code of the Freaks debunks well-worn tropes – the miracle cure, the blind guy driving a car, the magical little people, the face-feelers, the sexless, the better off dead – and brings an entirely fresh perspective. It dares to imagine a cinematic landscape that centers the voices of disabled people.
Code of the Freaks presents a radical reframing of the use of disabled characters in film.

Screening and per-recorded conversaton with Director, Producer Salome Chasnoff.

Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Southern Circuit and South Arts please visit www.southarts.org.

Details

Start:
February 21, 2021
End:
February 24, 2021

Organizer

BPAC
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www.bolognapac.com