What do you get when you put the makers of the acclaimed documentary “Lives Worth Living”, Jim LeBrecht, Lawrence Carter-Long and moderator Robert David Hall at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (yes, THAT Academy) in North Hollywood for a screening of the doc and a rip-roarin’ follow-up panel discussion?
An event not to be missed!
Not an Academy member? Don’t live in Los Angeles? Never fear. The event will be webcast LIVE, April 24, on Emmys.com & Emmys.tv.
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Link: http://www.emmys.tv/events/2012/04/lives-worth-living
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES DIVERSITY COMMITTEE and ITVS invite you to attend a screening and discussion on disability access within the industry
Lives Worth Living
Live Webcast on Emmys.com & Emmys.tv
April 24, 2012 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm
TELEVISION ACADEMY CONFERENCE CENTRE
5210 LANKERSHIM BLVD.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA
Civil rights are taken for granted in the United States. However, for a diverse population of over 54 million Americans — those with disabilities — it is an ongoing struggle. “Lives Worth Living” is television’s most comprehensive history of the disability rights movement. It opens a window into the world of citizens with an unwavering determination to live their lives like everyone else. It is also a journey through the past when millions of people lived without access to schools, work, public transportation and housing. Charismatic leaders of the movement narrate the story of this long, hard, and successful drive for civil rights that brought together a once fragmented population into a powerful coalition that created some of the most far reaching civil rights legislation in our nation’s history…and around the world.
PANELISTS
Eric Neudel, Director, Lives Worth Living
Alison Gilkey, Producer, Lives Worth Living
Lois Vossen, Independent Lens Senior Series Producer & Vice President, ITVS
James LeBrecht Sound Designer and Mixer, Lives Worth Living
Lawrence Carter-Long, Founder and Curator of disTHIS! Film Series
Moderated by Robert David Hall, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, National Chair SAG-AFTRA-AEA, PWD Committee