Screening and Q&A with Director Regan Brashear (SocDoc '08)
Part of the Reel Work Labor Film Festival
Join us this Thursday for two refreshing new films which challenge old perspectives on disability, work, technology, the body and the future of humanity.
Event is free and open to the public.
FIXED: The Science/ Fiction of Human Enhancement, (60 mins.)
Watch trailer: http://www.fixedthemovie.com/about/trailer/
From botox to bionic limbs, the human body is more “upgradeable” than ever. But how much of it can we alter and still be human? What do we gain or lose in the process? Award-winning documentary, Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement, explores the social impact of human augmentation. Haunting and humorous, poignant and political, Fixed rethinks "disability" and "normalcy" by exploring technologies that promise to change our bodies and minds forever.
*In honor of National Dance Week, Fixed also celebrates the rich world of disability culture by featuring excerpts of 12 of the world's leading integrated dance companies with disabled and non-disabled dancers and other artists.
The Interviewer, (12 mins)
A funny and poignant narrative film from Australia which looks at stigma and challenges to employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Watch trailer: http://www.theinterviewer.com.au/#!/page_trailer
Post-film discussion with Fixed producer/director Regan Brashear and medical anthropologist Nancy Chen.
Co-sponsored by the Science and Justice Research Center and the Santa Cruz County Commission on Disabilities.
This event if part of the Reel Work Labor Film Festival. See the full schedule at www.reelwork.org.