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The Red Pill {NY Premiere}

Shorts Program I

  • Director: Lucy Walker
  • Type: Shorts
  • Year: 2014
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Length: 14 minutes

Illinois-based Paralympian Anjali Forber-Pratt was adopted from India as an infant and became paralyzed shortly after arriving in the US. Despite daunting obstacles – told by teachers she couldn’t go to college and having to sue her school district, Anjali is now a PhD graduate and world record holder in 200m wheelchair racing. And she says if she could do it all over, she’d pick being disabled. Heart-warming and deeply inspiring, The Red Pill tracks the history of disability sports through the personal journeys of Anjali, Anjali’s mentor Jean Driscoll (8-time winner of the Boston marathon), Jean’s own mentor Tim Nugent who fought for disabled World War 2 veterans’ rights, and Anjali’s teenage proteges, each valiantly paving the way for the generations after them.

Date: Saturday, February 8, 2014,  12PM
Location: Glicker-Milstein Black Box Theater, Diana Center LL200

Editor: Adam Parker
Cinematographer: Nick Higgins
Executive Producers: Kira Carstensen, Tim Case, John Dukakis, Michael Dyer, Dana Locatell and Charles Salice
Producer: Arestia Rosenberg
Featuring: Jean Driscoll and Anjali Forber-Pratt

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