SPELLERS - 4K Version
Hosted by Lindsay Ballew, S2C Practitioner
In-person
When
Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDT
Where
On The Avenue
2607 Winford Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37211
Price
Free Screening
SPELLERS
I was fortunate to get to see this movie at the Phoenix Film Festival. It is powerful and so beautifully made. It shows how when you think outside the box, amazing things can happen. If you have a child or love a child, this movie is for you. Bryana Williams, S2C Practitioner and CCC-SLP in Atlanta, will be joining us at the screening. We will be available for questions after the screening. We also want parents to connect so that we can grow the middle Tennessee community of spellers!
The screening will begin promptly at 3:15pm so please arrive as close to 3pm as possible in order to get parked and situated!
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
On The Avenue was founded by brothers Tom, John & Matt Woodard. The Woodards recognized the struggle of many families of adults with learning disabilities, and wanted to create a training studio that allows people with disabilities to flourish.
other
Indoor Event
Wheelchair accessible