SPELLERS - 4K Version
Hosted by Dawnmarie Gaivin
In-person
When
Apr 30, 6:15 PM PDT
Where
Carlsbad City Library - Ruby Schulman Auditorium
1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, CA, 92011
Price
$10.00 per person
SPELLERS
Join cast members Evan Tastor & Madison Hollman at this private screening of SPELLERS at the Carlsbad Library's Schulman Auditorium. Doors open just after 6pm and the movie will start promptly at 6:30pm. Following the film there will be a live Q&A with Evan, Maddie, and fellow Spellers from the local area. You won't want to miss this exciting event!
Event Participants
Jonathan Perez
Spellers Method Practitioner
Brooke Poston
Spellers Method Practitioner
Dawnmarie Gaivin
Spellers Center - San Diego owner
Oliver Guenette
Carlsbad SPELLER, nonspeaker
Madison Hollman
Cast member of SPELLERS, minimal speaker
Evan Tastor
Cast member of SPELLERS, nonspeaker.
About the film
Inspired by the book Underestimated, the new full-length documentary SPELLERS challenges conventional wisdom regarding a group relegated to society’s margins: nonspeakers with autism, who most “experts” believe are cognitively disabled. As the film opening asks, “What if we’ve been wrong…about every single one of them?” SPELLERS answers that question, in convincing fashion, through the stories of eight nonspeakers—Aydan, Evan, Sid, Maddie, Jamie, Vince, Cade, and Elizabeth—who all found their voice through the miraculous process of using a letterboard to communicate their thoughts and feelings. As Jamie explains, “we think, feel, and learn just like everyone else.”
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 23m
Released
2023
Director
Pat Notaro
Executive Producer
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg, Dawnmarie Gaivin, Dana Johnson, Gail Tanner
Cast
Aydan Boden, Jamie Handley, Cade Larson, Vince Rinicella, Madison Hollman, Evan Tastor, Elizabeth Bonker, Sid Sarathy
About the space
Carlsbad Library on Dove Lane has plenty of parking available all around it. But come early for photos by the step & repeat and wear your "SPELLERS - Let the Revolution Begin" swag if you have it. If not, visit www.spellers.com now to get yours!
library
Indoor Event
Wheelchair accessible