Diversity Film Series: Intelligent Lives
Feb. 20 6:30 – 8:30pm, Schwartz 112
Diversity Film Series: “Intelligent Lives”
Moderator:
Anne M. Masters, Ph.D., FAAIDD
Director, Office for Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, Archdiocese of Newark
Light refreshments will be served
From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT
LIVES, a catalyst to transform the label of intellectual disability
from a life sentence of isolation into a life of possibility for the
most systematically segregated people in America.
INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with
intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge
perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the
workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper
contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the
emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the
shameful and ongoing track record of intelligence testing in the U.S.
INTELLIGENT LIVES challenges what it means to be intelligent, and
points to a future in which people of all abilities can fully participate in
higher education, meaningful employment and intimate relationships.