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Reelabilities Film Festival Takes Fresh Approach To Diversity

wheelchairMainstream movies with disabled characters follow a well-worn path that begins with an obstacle — be it a hardened heart (“Rain Man”), the inability to read (“The Miracle Worker”) or merely life itself (“Forrest Gump”) — and ends with the barrier surmounted and audience members reaching for their Kleenex.

At ReelAbilities, a festival devoted to films involving disabilities, such treacly story lines would probably not make the cut.

 

"The Taqwacores" Rocks Muslim Punk Scene

The Taqwacores

For his first feature film, director Eyad Zahra sought out to make a film in which “Americans can truly see Muslims as Americans, and Muslims can truly see themselves as American”.

Oh, to be young, beautiful, Muslim—and punk rockers! Here’s one story of disaffected American youth we haven’t seen before.