ABLE aims to fill a gap of missing conversations within the entertainment world. In a series of quirky episodes, our hosts (Kallen Blair and Alie B. Gorrie) join various figures in film, television, theatre, and entertainment with real experiences in and with the disabled and neurodiverse communities to discuss how storytellers can create more representative and truthful narratives. Guests include Danny Woodburn, Amy Buchwald, Maysoon Zayid, Ali Stroker, Evan Ruggiero, John McGinty, Christine Bruno, Ann Talman, Nicholas Linnehan, and Ben Dworken.
«ABLE is the kind of content that changes the industry and world one interview at a time.» – Ali Stroker, Actress, (Glee, Lethal Weapon, City Boyz, Broadway’s Spring Awakening)
8 Episodes, Episode Runtime: Average 18 minutes
Sam is concerned that his aging mother lacks the social stimulation that he believes will stave off Alzheimer’s. He decides to find her a new best friend.
If you enter the Minimalist Cafe in Brooklyn, you’ll find four siblings all searching for something: to be the next YouTube sensation.
A look at the prodigious talent and irrepressible spirit of a musically precocious 12-year-old blind piano player.
An unflinching look into the lives of two undiagnosed children with disabilities and their parents, as they try to navigate reality.
A boy who can’t read meets a teacher who changes everything.
A dynamic duo hatches a bird-brained scheme to supplement their income.
Gabriel is a drummer in a promising band, desperate to hide his bipolar diagnosis from his exasperated band mates. At a therapeutic mixed-ability soccer game he’s obliged to attend, Gabriel meets Christopher, a teenager with Asperger’s Syndrome, and the two are forced to “make friends.”
The R-Word is a purposeful look into the long-reaching history and lasting implications of the word retard(ed) and current attitudes and perceptions about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Through the personal narrative of four sibling stories and the first-person accounts of self-advocates, we get an intimate and nuanced perspective of the challenges and triumphs of people living with an intellectual disability. The R-Word is an unflinching, heartwarming, humorous, and hopeful journey through our shared human experience.
Film accessibility materials provided by DTCC
In 1952, Rose Miller returns to her rural hometown to care for her ailing mother. When Rose decides to embark on a filmmaking project in her local community, she is enchanted by a local man who is deaf, and must decide if she has the courage to follow her heart.
