Documentary filmmaker and Academy Award nominee Alice Elliott will visit the
University of Northern Iowa Oct. 24-25 and screen her two acclaimed works.
The Academy Award-nominated film The Collector of Bedford Street will screen
in the Lang Hall Auditorium (Lang 117, located on Wisconsin Street) on
Monday, Oct. 24 at 8 pm. On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Elliott will host a screening
of Body and Soul: Diana and Kathy at 8pm, in the Center for Multicultural
Education (CME 109, also on Wisconsin Street) in the upper level of the
Maucker Union. A Q&A session will follow both events.
Elliott is the inaugural visiting filmmaker in the William and Stephanie
Clohesy Documentary Film Series. The goal of the series is to bring
America's most distinguished documentary filmmakers to UNI. The series is
sponsored by the UNI Department of Communication Studies, and directed by
David O'Shields, filmmaker-in-residence and adjunct instructor in the
department.
The Collector of Bedford Street is a 34-minute documentary about Alice's
neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and a fundraiser who has an
intellectual disability. When Larry's primary caregiver becomes unable to
care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to
protect his independent lifestyle by establishing an adult trust fund in his
behalf. The Collector of Bedford Street was nominated for an Academy Award
in 2002. It was screened over 70 film festivals, was shown on the cable
channel Cinemax, and won 18 awards.
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy is a true story about two life-long friends who
have made their home in Springfield, Illinois. Diana drives, cooks, shops,
and has been Kathy's personal assistant and friend for the past 35 years.
Remarkably, Diana has Down Syndrome, a genetic condition that gives her one
extra chromosome and a lower IQ. Kathy on the other hand is 61, has a degree
Monday, Oct. 24 at 8 pm. On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Elliott will host a screening
of Body and Soul: Diana and Kathy at 8pm, in the Center for Multicultural
Education (CME 109, also on Wisconsin Street) in the upper level of the
Maucker Union. A Q&A session will follow both events.
Elliott is the inaugural visiting filmmaker in the William and Stephanie
Clohesy Documentary Film Series. The goal of the series is to bring
America's most distinguished documentary filmmakers to UNI. The series is
sponsored by the UNI Department of Communication Studies, and directed by
David O'Shields, filmmaker-in-residence and adjunct instructor in the
department.
The Collector of Bedford Street is a 34-minute documentary about Alice's
neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and a fundraiser who has an
intellectual disability. When Larry's primary caregiver becomes unable to
care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to
protect his independent lifestyle by establishing an adult trust fund in his
behalf. The Collector of Bedford Street was nominated for an Academy Award
in 2002. It was screened over 70 film festivals, was shown on the cable
channel Cinemax, and won 18 awards.
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy is a true story about two life-long friends who
have made their home in Springfield, Illinois. Diana drives, cooks, shops,
and has been Kathy's personal assistant and friend for the past 35 years.
Remarkably, Diana has Down Syndrome, a genetic condition that gives her one
extra chromosome and a lower IQ. Kathy on the other hand is 61, has a degree
in English, but is non-verbal, and has had cerebral palsy since her birth.
As part of their ongoing activist efforts to demystify disability, Diana and
Kathy invited Alice into their home over a period of five years to create
their film, Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy. The documentary was screened in a
number of film festivals, and was shown on PBA in 2009.
These events are free and open to the public and we hope that you will join
us!
With warm regards,
Rachel
Rachel Gordon
Outreach Director
Welcome Change Productions
107 Bedford Street, upper one
New York, NY 10014
outreach@welcomechange.org
www.welcomechange.org
As part of their ongoing activist efforts to demystify disability, Diana and
Kathy invited Alice into their home over a period of five years to create
their film, Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy. The documentary was screened in a
number of film festivals, and was shown on PBA in 2009.
These events are free and open to the public and we hope that you will join
us!
With warm regards,
Rachel
Rachel Gordon
Outreach Director
Welcome Change Productions
107 Bedford Street, upper one
New York, NY 10014
outreach@welcomechange.org
www.welcomechange.org
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