Representing Disability in Film

This is a panel discussion between the two screenings of films in the series "Russian Heroes of Disability".

The panel, "Representing Disability in Film" includes:

Sergei Govorukhin, Filmmaker
Edward Topol, Filmmaker
Sharon Greytak, Filmmaker
Liat Ben Moshe, Syracuse University
Steve Taylor, SU Disabilites Studies Program
Claudine Tinio Ward, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Upstate Medical University

Moderator: Rebecca Garden, Bioethics & Humanity, SUNY Upsate Medical Center

This day and evening long program focuses on two Russian films whose heroic main characters become disabled in the war with Afghanistan. Both physical and psychological disability is explored in these powerful and spiritually uplifting films. A short Q&A with the filmmaker will follow each screening with a panel, between the two films, that includes filmmakers and members of the faculty and staff of SUNY Upstate Medical University, The Consortium for Culture and Medicine, Syracuse University and the Syracuse VA Medical Center, discussing the topic of film representation of disability.

Other Programs In This Series:

Weiskotten W1

Weiskotten W2