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Documentary Film Takes New Look at Disability

The documentary film Shooting Beauty: Everyone Deserves a Shot takes a refreshing perspective on what it's like to live with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The film follows aspiring fashion photographer, Courtney Bent, who discovers a new world when she starts teaching people with disabilities about her craft.

Bent provides each of the photographers featured in her documentary with a camera designed to meet their specific needs – in some cases, that means the camera is connected to the individual's wheelchair; in others, the camera is positioned so that buttons can be manipulated with the photographer's tongue. The resulting images provide a poignant look into what the world looks like through the eyes of disability.

For more information about this film or to find out about screenings, visit the documentary website at http://everyonedeservesashot.com/

 

Full post as published by Cerebral Palsy Law Blog on April 24, 2009 (boomark / email).