Moving Images Film Festival 2010!
The 3rd Annual Moving Images Film Festival will held on March 27, 2010. Films by and about people living with psychiatric and developmental disabilities will be shown to help raise community awareness about Vinfen and its programs. The Moving Images Film Festival is free and open to the public.
Date: March 27, 2010
Location: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur – Boston, MA
Accreditation:
Psychologists: The Massachusetts Mental Health Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts Mental Health Center maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
Counselors: Massachusetts Mental Health Center is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education to participants. The program meets the criteria for 5.5 credit hours.
Nurses: Massachusetts Mental Health Center is approved by the Arizona Nurses Association to offer continuing education credits to participants. The program meets the criteria for 5.5 contact hours.
The cost for psychologists, counselors and nurses is $35 and registration is on site. Checks can me made payable to: CEP, Inc.
5.5 CE’s will also be offered for social workers through NASW-MA. There is no fee. Registration is onsite.
Accessiblity Information: Shooting Beauty will be shown in closed captioned and ASL interpreters will be available for panel sessions. if you need this service, please contact Laura Goldberg at goldbergl@vinfen.org. The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center is wheelchair accessible.
The 3rd Annual Moving Images Film Festival will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Films by and about people living with psychiatric and developmental disabilities will shown to help raise community awareness about Vinfen and its programs. The Moving Images Film Festival will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center in the Longwood area of Boston and is free and open to the public.
Actor Joe Pantoliano, best known for his role as Ralphie on the HBO hit series, The Sopranos, will screen his documentary No Kidding, Me Too! a moving look at the sometimes devastating effects of depression. Pantoliano weaves his personal journey along with others throughout the film hoping to communicate the important message through humor and direct dialogue we can remove the stigma and reap the benefits of a fully integrated society. Pantoliano, also known as Joey Pants, will conduct a lively panel discussion following the screening of his film.
The Moving Images Film Festival will also screen The Soloist starring acclaimed actors Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. The Soloist is the story of Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill Julliard- trained musician living on the streets of Los Angeles who befriends Steve Lopez, a writer for the Los Angeles Times. Inspired by a true story, Lopez writes a series of articles about Ayers and attempts to help him and others who are homeless. Lopez must confront the hard realities and the strength of Ayers’ personal demons and the larger social injustice facing the people living their lives on the streets.
The third feature to be screened is Shooting Beauty, the inspirational story of an aspiring fashion photographer named Courtney Bent whose career takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people living with significant disabilities. Shot over the span of a decade, this film puts you in Courtney’s shoes as she overcomes her own unspoken prejudices and begins inventing cameras accessible to her new friends. The award-winning photography program called “Picture This” will be on display at the venue during the day long festival. Director George Kachadorian, an Emmy nominated filmmaker, along with individuals in the film, will conduct a panel discussion immediately following the film.
The films were selected because they present a three-dimensional view of the individuals affected, their struggles for self-advocacy and the challenges that the family members or loved ones face.
The Moving Images Film Festival exemplifies Vinfen’s belief that people with disabilities deserve to be treated with dignity and respect to enable them to live productive lives within the community.
FILMS
Click here for information on Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, including directions, and public transportation. There will be free parking in the venue garage.