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Mainstream 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.
“As much as we try to be an inclusive festival, you have to be artistically abled for this one,” said Isaac Zablocki, the director of film programs at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and director of the festival.
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