Providing services for people with disabilities and their families since 1951.
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Providing services for people with disabilities and their families since 1951.
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Academy Award
Nominee and Director to Host Private Screening
WHAT:
Private film screening of Body &
Soul: Diana & Kathy for consumers and friends of The Arc of San Diego.
Directed by Academy Award nominee Alice Elliott, this film allows a look into a
mysterious relationship of two women with disabilities who have broken the
rules, escaped the system and modeled a grand experiment in independent living.
During the past five years, Elliott was allowed extraordinary access to
Diana and Kathy’s lives in order to chronicle their ongoing struggle to live
independently outside of institutions and introduce mainstream audiences to a
way of life rarely seen on screen.
WHERE:
The Arc of San Diego North Shores
Vocational Center – Kearney Mesa
9575 Aero Dr., San Diego, CA (92123)
WHEN:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
12:00 p.m. Screening begins
12:45 p.m. – Q & A with Alice
Elliott, director, Diana & Kathy, stars of the film
VISUALS & INTERVIEWS:
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Diana and Kathy
will be available to offer further insight into their lives and struggle for
independence
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Alice Elliott,
the film’s director, will also be available for interviews
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The intimate
screening is for more than 50 adult consumers with
disabilities and friends of The Arc of San Diego in attendance
CONTACT:
Joice Truban Curry, c3
Communications, Inc. (858) 794- 6974/ Joice@c3publicrelations.com
On-site: Rhonda Handy, The Arc of San Diego, (858) 715-3780 |
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