hi, can I get a link for downloading this documentary? or watch it online? On 12/2/16, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > What happens to children with serious disabilities when they reach > adulthood? They disappear, at least as far as most of society is > concerned. “Best and Most Beautiful Things” is a remarkably forthright > documentary about a young woman in Maine, Michelle Smith, who rebels > at the idea of becoming invisible and wants desperately to find a > place in the grown-up world and to find herself in the process. > http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/movies/best-and-most-beautiful-things-review.html?_r=0 > Ms. Smith is legally blind (she can see only extremely close-up > images) and has Asperger’s syndrome. The filmmaker, Garrett Zevgetis, > followed her over several years but focuses on the pivotal time when > she is entering her 20s. It’s a difficult transition for someone with > disabilities — the end of the schooling years, with their structure > and relative safety > > “It’s almost like being on the escalator and coming up and being shot > out, and all of a sudden you have to catch your bearings, because now > you’re on your own,” explains one of Ms. Smith’s former teachers at > the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts. > > Ms. Smith is eager for experiences and opportunities — “I’m ready for > the uncensored world,” she says — but of course the world is less than > accommodating. Tensions within her family add to the complications. > > If this were a Lifetime movie, it would end with Ms. Smith securing a > job as a grocery bagger and viewers coming away feeling that all is > fine. It is decidedly not a Lifetime movie. Ms. Smith’s growth > includes sexual exploration in the world of fetishism, where she finds > a sense of identity that had eluded her, and it includes a lot of > disappointment as well. Ms. Smith does not fit easily into any box, > and neither does this thought-provoking film > > Director Garrett Zevgetis > > > Rating Not Rated > > > Running Time 1h 30m > > > Genre Documentary > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
-- Best Regards Sadaf Khan MA. In Industrial Psychology Mithibai College Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
