LA Times Review: CinemAbility is “Eye Opening” & “An Arresting Look at Disability in Film & TV”
0When "The Celluloid Closet" debuted in 1996, it became an instant landmark in the fight for gay equality. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's documentary presented a mostly dispiriting history of homosexuals on the big screen and concluded that, given the power of cinema in shaping psyches and societies, fairer representations of the gay community were urgently needed.
In "CinemAbility," filmmaker Jenni Gold adopts a similar message and tack on behalf of the physically disabled. Narrated by actress Jane Seymour and packed with A-list interviewees, this exhaustive and eye-opening documentary explores images of the physically disabled on TV and in the movies.
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