Invitation to Dance: December 2011

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.

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Simi Linton, a wheelchair-riding social activist, takes us out dancing with the avant-garde of disabled artists and radical thinkers - unstoppable in their quest for “equality, justice, and a place on the dance floor!”

At age 23, Simi was injured in a car accident while hitchhiking to Washington, DC to protest the war in Vietnam. Suddenly a young disabled college student, she confronted insidious forms of discrimination she couldn't have imagined before. In time, she realized that political activism and a vibrant social life could once again be hers.

During the 1980’s and ‘90’s Simi grew into a life as a writer, professor, and activist when the disability rights movement emerged, and became a leading figure in shaping this new era. Yet, it was her first reluctant foray onto the dance floor at a party which ultimately liberated her from the shame she felt as a young disabled woman, and launched her on the path that led to making this film.

INVITATION TO DANCE is a never-before-told coming out story. Interviews with academics, activists and artists of all stripes bring disability out of the closet, into the light and onto the dance floor.