Films
One Hundred Steps
Short personal documentary. RT: 16 min.
About the film
For forty years, Frank Garfunkel, taught, fought, and advocated for people with disabilities. He was a leader in the disability rights movement and deinstitutionalization. And then, suddenly a catastrophic accident left him the victim, the patient, and ironically, the disabled. One Hundred Steps tells the story of his hospitalization, as he finds himself battling his way through pain, despair, and hospital policy.
Launch SlideshowSt. Milly
Short narrative film, shot on 35mm. RT: 15 min.
About the film
At the age of twelve Milagros Cohen has a crisis of identity and faith. In her desperation to fit in and to ensure her salvation, just like her blond haired, blue eyed, Catholic friends, Milagros sets out to perform one glorious, heaven-worthy Miracle.
We Will Ride
Advocacy film for Greater Boston Legal Services
About the film
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the greatest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history. Over fifty years later, another civil rights movement still presses on, however this marginalized minority can’t even get on the bus. We Will Ride is a short advocacy film that tells the story of a community whose rights were continually ignored and violated. It chronicles the landmark class action suit, Daniels-Finegold Et Al v. MBTA, requiring the Massachusetts Transportation Authority to provide accessible and useable transportation services to people with disabilities.