VICTORY
Justice has been served! Late today, Judge George Daniels has ruled that meaningful access to the NYC taxi system is required. For those of you who already have watched the rough-cut of our film "Invitation to Dance" know that Simi Linton was a plaintiff in above mentioned lawsuit. The NYC taxi of the future has to be wheelchair accessible! Read details in the news and spread the word. The ruling has a clear impact on New York City and hopefully will have a broad impact on future rulings across the U.S.
Latest News:
INVITATION TO DANCE has been awarded the
Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant.
It will be presented this Wednesday at the New York Women in Film and Television 31st Annual Muse Awards for Vision and Achievement at the New York City Hilton.
SYRFILMFEST'11 WORK IN PROGRESS SCREENING
WORK-IN-PROGRESS SCREENING
and Q&A with the Filmmakers
Saturday, October 15th
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Syracuse University -
Watson Auditorium
316 Waverly Avenue
After reading My Body Politic, filmmaker Christian von
Tippelskirch saw the potential for a film that would reveal the meaning of
disability in contemporary America.
Simi and Christian joined forces to create a feature-length documentary
that traces Simi’s life over the last 40 years: INVITATION TO DANCE.
In 1971, Simi Linton was injured while hitchhiking to Washington to
protest the war in Vietnam. Suddenly a wheelchair-riding young college student,
she confronted forms of discrimination she couldn't have imagined before. She
joined forces with a vibrant disability community committed to “Equality,
justice, and a place on the dance floor!”
In time she realized that activism, sexuality and dance could once again
be central to her life.
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