SPELLERS - 4K Version

Hosted by Galilee Damiao

In-person

When

Apr 30, 2:00 PM EDT

Where

Threefold Auditorium (NEW LOCATION)

260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, 10977

Price

$14.00 per person

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SPELLERS

CHANGE OF VENUE DUE TO HIGH DEMAND!! This Screening will be at the Threefold Auditorium! (no longer at the Threefold cafe). We will have a panel discussion with our local spellers/typers as part of the event. There will be served following the panel.

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