SPELLERS - 4K Version

Hosted by The Children’s Dental Cottage

In-person

When

Apr 30, 6:00 PM CDT

Where

Movie Tavern Covington

201 U.S. Highway 190, Covington, LA, 70433

Price

$15.00 per person

SPELLERS

Spellers: Movie Premiere and Screening

Did you know there are over 30 million nonspeaking 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 verbal communication. 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?

Event Participants

Amanda McDaniels

VIBE Learning Center

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