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Relaxed Screening: Busting the Bias presents Special People + Q&A with director Justin Edgar and actors Dominic Coleman & David Proud @ BFI, London
March 2 @ 3:50 pm - 5:30 pm
Busting the Bias presents
Special People
+ Q&A with director Justin Edgar and actors Dominic Coleman & David Proud
Enlisted to teach a class of wheelchair-users about filmmaking, neurotic Jasper gets a little more than he bargained for.
Saturday 02 March 2024 15:50
NFT1
Director
Justin Edgar
With
Dominic Coleman, Robyn Frampton, Sasha Hardway, Jason Maza, David Proud
UK 2007. 82min
Digital
Certificate
12A
Hailed in The Guardian as a ‘milestone in mainstream cinema’, Special People is a British comedy from the pioneering production company 104 Films. It questions condescending outreach projects, self-defeating attitudes within the disabled community and the vacuity of the film business, all with a sly wink and a healthy helping of self-parody. Contemporary censorship of its disability themes resulted in it receiving widespread press coverage.
Audio Description will be available at this screening.
This is a Relaxed screening event. This screening will be presented with subtitles, including descriptions of non-dialogue audio.
Relaxed screenings are presented each month for neurodivergent audiences, with their companions and assistants. More detailed information can be found at bfi.org.uk/relaxed.
Tickets £13, concessions £11.20 (Members pay £2 less).
