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ReelAbilitiesFilmFestival2019

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Introduction/Definition/etc

 

ReelAbilitiesFilmFestival

a disabilities film festival,

running over a couple weeks,

early/ mid March,

but all at night,

so missed all of them,

continue for part of the whys...

 

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Somehow I heard about it,

turns out to be national,

travels around,

and some real production abilities,

think BFF10

minus international?

adrenaline/ endorphin, etc

though there was a para Olympics type

film near the end...

 

Signup procedures used

BrownPaperTickets

and wanted a lot of personal information,

way too much in my opinion,

like address,

phone number, etc

i guess helping to return you to home,

if there is a problem...

(No emergency contact though...)

And personal shared with the host,

have to consent to that, i almost

just stopped there,

i probably should have...

 

At that point, having told no one

I'd signed up for it,

and not written about it,

someone(s) approached me about

giving me a ride/trying to get me to take

a stray/adopt a dog,

i guess walking from the shelter (no kill?)

and other stalking like stuff,

better than selling someone elses' pet,

but still in bad form, which the dog/ puppy

had little/ nothing to do with, afaict...

I'd need a service animal, currently

and way more resources (space/money/ food, etc)

than i have, to adopt one...

 

Even the Foster training instance,

never done and don't remember the page name,

way too clever, for my own good...

taking in a small human,

or just learning about it

another FAIL...

 

Bad weather/ snow? storm on the

Sunday opening night,

and I hadn't originally gotten a ticket

to that one, as cost money,

some email about waitlist

and send it in/ back if not used,

(Weather advisories later that Sunday

said don't go out, stay off the roads)

but later tried forwarding/sending

the only option was to phone it

to someone else, which sent, afaict,

but the surprised person

i guess just ignored it,

here's a free ticket, last minute

(few hours on a weeknight, iirc),

only one, drop someone else there?

and i got no response, at all...

 

Most free ones were far out,

relative to Arlington,

suburbs/suburgatory,

JewishComunityCenter,

and FairFax County schools,

the one in Fairfax,

(others were more even remote

for me: Reston, Oakton, etc)

i had the most energy,

started out late, library stop,

librarian way too nosy,

and delayed me further,

sabotaging, it seemed,

and some evesdropping,

er typically monitoring? moms

saying they were going,

...)

 

risking dark, largely unknown areas,

and social situation even worse

 

One in Reston, at one of the community

centers, there are a few, btw,

at night, and how to get back,

rail only option, .ow funds,

social situation, how to park,

bring in the bike=wheelchair like

reasonable accommodation,

and contact ahead by weeks,

not done, didn't happen,

wanted to, had some energy,

but not a 20 mile each way

in the dark, and lost

etc...  Some adventure to it,

signed up, no real way

say never mind, use with those

waiting, last minute, will call,

etc...

 

Started to think that further out

was renting/ paying for the film

and location(s) and further in didn't

have the money, and only one topic,

so first was Intellectual Disabilities,

kind of a love  story with Down's Syndrome

or similar, not exactly my disability

interest, Autism Spectrum Disorder,

maybe, no films since

MozartAndTheWhale

(can't find, likely elsewhere

PBWorks deleted / reclaimed my wiki...)

WretchesAndJabberersMovie2011

was one I went to, likely cost,

and at a regular theatre during the day,

heard about and went, some autie/aspies

i knew were there, but can not say

 

BFF10

was all day, several days in a row,

I had MetroAccess at the time,

and commuting into DC

likely part of it,

winter time, storms likely

and a tradition, one year Navy Museum

on Pennsylvania Ave,

another Columbia Heights towards Petworth,

at the Gala theatre,

inter coop rivalries and local dicks,

made it unpleasant,

last year of it, in DC,

lots of drinking, not me,

but more obnoxious than usual,

and took some of the fun out of it,

for me...

 

So DocsInProgressFilmFestival2010

I don't remember much Takoma Park

iirc, and saw something, stadium type

theatre, i recall..

 

Green(Film)Festival, I think i saw one/

went, but not much recall, convention

center triple tandem or similar,

as shuttle from bike parking valet

to the Convention Center,

that memorable, iirc,

but maybe didn't write it up,

 

So it's possible, and opening Night

say Friday, long night many films,

but back for another day or two,

some activities in the meantime,

BMX doing tricks under 395 in 

Capital Hill, i seem to recall,

Coop tabled there, also,

bikes, bikes, bikes...

BikeProm, not been to,

but not really a Prom type,

Alt yes, Prom, no...

 

So some ways, would have been

good, no real way to see if missed,

BikeChannel didn't really happen,

afaict, can't buy a DVD

of the films and only trailers

out, so what is it good for,

in the long run,

SunDance or some other festival?

limited engagement, get your film

out and known, and only a few showings?

Hoping for a big distribution deal,

to garner attention and resources,

break even on it, by someone pays

something, renting a place, the film,

etc?

Student projects, like

MICA at RobotFest2016

and Oscars, Emmy's etc time of year,

post Valentine's Day

and i guess dating option(s) for go see

a film in the winter time, not much options

for outdoor except maybe skiing and

ice skating on the National/PentagonCity mall,

or something...

 

 

Modified Text

 

What's Missing?

 

Morning time showings...

 

What Can Be Found?

 

Many disability themes,

types of disabilities,

and creativity, i guess

i didn't make it...

 

A resource/ trade show like

thing, tabled organizations,

most of which i don't want to

visit/ see think

TheMindFuckThatIsArcOfNOVA2012

and some of those issues...

 

What Can Not Be Found?

 

Morning/ early, non nite time showings...

 

How To Analyze?

 

Lenses

 

MorningPeople

 

TravelIssues

 

OldPeople

 

NonStudents

 

Old people, relatively going to

High School(s), Jewish Community

Centers, church(es)

and other Community Centers

which are out of area,

not their belief,

not a parent, etc

so a little fish out of water,

besides don't know much about

the social environment,

much less film from a trailer,

at most, about it...

No other reviewers,

and look ahead possible,

that I could find...

 

Students

 

Have to go there again?

Isn't the mandatory times,

so early bad enough

you gotta take our evenings

and weekends too?

 

More people to make fun of,

and on our home turf...

 

I guess it's part of some assignment,

community service hours,

get something done for others,

we have one of those disability types

in our school, so maybe it's a court

thing, for all the bad stuff we did

wrong?

 

 

Assumptions

 

Films show the best in people, no?

 

Drawing attention to something always

makes it better, right?

 

All disabilities are basically the same,

so one cancels out the other, right?

 

Everyone is an evening person,

why (real) theatres are only open

at night...

 

Time Limits

 

Evening only dates

 

Plan ahead, as sold out...

 

Money and time, as some premium

opening and closing night tickets

were in the $15 range, iirc

but somehow not in the budgeting

time frame with other personal demands/

wants like

AldiAmbiano9In1ProgrammablePressureCooker2019

AldiCantFind2019

 

Links

 

You could probably do the leg/foot/

mouse/touchpad work/effort

of finding ReelAbilities

as that is likely still around,

some reviews may be up,

and YouTube Trailers

read teasers are probably still up...

 

But that takes effort,

which i don't really have after these

other things, to put up here,

and rest, also would be good

/_DogAteMyHomeWorkTypeExcusesHere_

 

Recent WaPo article on a High School

in Maryalnd

where there was a ranking list of girls

by the boy(s), which caused a #MeToo

reaction, and made the paper(s)...

I guess geeks making who do i ask

to prom / FantasyFootBall like decisions?

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

Missed all of them (~5+?), free,

and no real way to say never mind,

use with people there and waiting,

so prejudging or the process

and/or environment is part of the problem,

not solution, at least for me...

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

What time frames would work for you?

 

What low stim/ candy/ popcorn/

local exchange type rental from library systems

would work for you?

 

On reserve at libraries?

Interlibrary loans?

Numbers of copies?

On Reserve, or multiple showings

at regular times?

Mandatory sentences/ assignments,

mandatory class(es) etc to

make people go to them,

therefore taking the fun out of

absolutely everything

in teen age students lives?

 

 

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