Next @ the disTHIS! Film Series - NYC

The Disabilities Network of NYC and the NYU Council for the Study of
Disability invite you to Friday's screening of mumblecore icon Andrew
Bujalski's critically acclaimed "BEESWAX" at the disTHIS! Film Series as
part of the Reel Abilities Film Festival! Cutting edge disability-themed
entertainment w/o the pity party. No handkerchief necessary; no heroism
required! Guaranteed! Details below. Hope to see you there!

All best,

Lawrence Carter-Long
Founder/Curator, the disTHIS! Film Series
http://disthis.org

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Next @ the disTHIS! Film Series: "Beeswax" w/Producer Ethan Vogt
presented in partnership with the NYU Council for the Study of Disability
as part of the 2nd Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival

When: Friday, January 29th
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Screening starts @ 7:00 pm
Where: New York University
19 University Place (below 8th St).
First Floor theater. Room 102
Running Time: 100 minutes
Language: English
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Suggested Donation: $5

Watch the trailer online at:
http://www.beeswaxfilm.com/trailer.html

From acclaimed post-hipster director Andrew Bujalski, comes Beeswax a
story of the modern relationships of a lost generation. Jeannie and Lauren
are twin sisters and share a house. Jeannie, a wheelchair-user, runs a
secondhand store. She is afraid that her associate Amanda wants to sue her
so she turns to her ex-boyfriend Merrill for advice, as he is just
finishing his law degree. Lauren is on the look–out–for a job and for a
steady boyfriend.

Beeswax shows young people as they come to terms with taking
responsibility and owning their lives. A slice of life film that wittily
subverts pathos, digging deeper to reveal the character driven engine
beneath the surface.

The Los Angeles Times wrote:
"Bujalski is very much interested in how people -- in his instance, quite
intelligent, civilized and articulate twentysomething individuals -- cope
with life's everyday challenges, finding naturalistic drama in what may
initially seem pedestrian."

The New York Times reported:
At first glance [Beeswax is] a modest, ragged slice of contemporary
life... [it] turns out to be a remarkably subtle, even elegant movie. Its
leisurely scenes and hesitant, circling conversations conceal both an
ingenious comic structure and a rich emotional subtext."

Salon.com opined:
"This warm, graceful and fundamentally optimistic movie snuck up on me, in
the best possible way. ."

disTHIS! movies, talkback sessions and related events are open to the
public. $5 suggested donation. Space is wheelchair accessible. Space is
limited and we are regularly fill to capacity. DON'T MISS OUT! Call
212.590.9493 or email: disthis@dnnyc.net to reserve YOUR seat

ABOUT US: The disTHIS! Film Series, a project of the Disabilities Network
of NYC in association with the New York University Council for the Study
of
Disability, is a monthly showcase of festival quality independent and
international short, documentary and feature films with disability themes
audiences are unlikely to see elsewhere. disTHIS! movies are always
provocative; never quite what you’d expect. No handkerchief necessary, no
heroism required. This is disability through a whole new lens.

The only ongoing, monthly series of it's kind in the nation, disTHIS! is
recognized as an innovator in disability-themed programming. Our founder
and curator, Lawrence Carter-Long, has been sought after by the likes of
New York University, the American Film Institute, the National Endowment
for the Arts, the Screen Actors Guild, National Public Radio, the Margaret
Mead Film Festival, the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, the
Reelabilities Film Festival and VSAarts for his knowledge, advice and
expertise in disability and cinema.

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BEESWAX is presented as part of the 2nd Annual ReelAbilities
Film Festival, January 28 - February 1. Full details about Reel Abilities
can be found online at: http://www.reelabilities.org

Full details online at:
http://disthis.org