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Shameless: The ART of Disability (2006)

  • Calgary Central Public Library - Patricia Whelan Performance Hall 800 3 Street Southeast Calgary, AB, T2G 2E7 Canada (map)
 Bonnie Sherr Klein sits in a chair facing the camera. She is wearing a red button down and black shirt underneath. Her finger is touching her lips and she is in thought.

Directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein | Canada | 72 mins

Part of Unaided: A Film Series on Disability

In the 1970s, Bonnie Sherr Klein was one of the National Film Board's star feminist filmmakers in their Challenge for Change program. In 1981 she directed one of the NFB's most controversial and commercially successful films, but in 1987 a catastrophic stroke led to her becoming quadriplegic. Becoming an activist, she created this film to explore the transformational power of art for persons with disabilities.

Closed Captions Included.

This is a Free Screening.

Partners:

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.

Earlier Event: March 9
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)
Later Event: April 5
When I walk (2013)