SPELLERS
Hosted by Autism National Committee, DD Council, and TASH NE
In-person
When
Jul 19, 7:00 PM EDT
Where
Red River Theatres Inc.
11 South Main Street, Suite L1, Concord, NH, 03301
Price
Free Screening
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SPELLERS at Red River Theatres
Join us for a free screening of the documentary SPELLERS, with a panel discussion after the film featuring local educators and therapists. This event is free, and anyone is welcome to attend! Capacity will be limited to 100.
This will be an autism-friendly screening. Audience members will be asked to move forward and allow autistic individuals the last few rows to pace.
Presented by Autism National Committee, New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities, and TASH New England.
About the film
Inspired by the book Underestimated, the new full-length documentary SPELLERS challenges conventional wisdom regarding a group relegated to society’s margins: nonspeakers with autism, who most “experts” believe are cognitively disabled. As the film opening asks, “What if we’ve been wrong…about every single one of them?” SPELLERS answers that question, in convincing fashion, through the stories of eight nonspeakers—Aydan, Evan, Sid, Maddie, Jamie, Vince, Cade, and Elizabeth—who all found their voice through the miraculous process of using a letterboard to communicate their thoughts and feelings. As Jamie explains, “we think, feel, and learn just like everyone else.”
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 23m
Released
2023
Director
Pat Notaro
Executive Producer
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg, Dawnmarie Gaivin, Dana Johnson, Gail Tanner
Cast
Aydan Boden, Jamie Handley, Cade Larson, Vince Rinicella, Madison Hollman, Evan Tastor, Elizabeth Bonker, Sid Sarathy
About the space
Red River Theatres is a state of the art 3-screen, 8,500 square foot Arthouse cinema in the lower level of Capital Commons, at 11 S. Main Street in downtown Concord. The facility is ADA accessible, and has been designed by Eric Palson, Chris Lizotte and Anthony Mento of Sheerr McCrystal Palson Architecture Inc. of Concord.Attached to Capital Commons is a 510-space parking garage, with an entrance on Storrs Street and garage access directly into the building. The theater can also be accessed through a street-level door along the pedestrian plaza on Main Street.
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