SPELLERS
Hosted by Robert Snee
In-person
When
Apr 30, 7:00 PM CDT
Where
Yancey's Square
300 S. Broadway, Glasgow, Ky, 42141
Price
Free Screening
About the event
Spellers
Did you know there are over 30 million non-verbal people in the world?
Often relegated to society's margins, these men, women and children struggle to find a place in a world built on speech. Because of this, they are pitied, assumed to be incompetent, and cast aside with smiles and sad glances.
But what if we've been wrong...terribly wrong...about every single one of them?
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
community-center