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Miss You Can Do It

  • Director: Ron Davis
  • Type: Documentaries
  • Year: 2014
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Length: 80 minutes

For Young Audiences

One weekend a year, the Illinois town of Kewanee turns into a place of celebration and delight, as the annual Miss You Can Do It pageant spotlights young girls with disabilities from around the country. The first Miss USA contestant to compete with a disability, Abbey Curran started the pageant in 2004 to offer girls the opportunity to be celebrated for their inner beauty and spirit.

Preceded by Makers short on professional surfer Bethany Hamilton.

Date: Sunday, February 9, 2014,  12PM
Location: Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall 

Director Ron Davis will join the audience for a discussion following the film.

Editor: Geof Bartz
Cinematographers: Arlene Nelson and Clay Westervelt
Producers: Julie Anderson, Ron Davis, Elizabeth Leiter and Clay Westervelt
Featuring: Abbey Curran

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