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In March 2005, the UK's first major women's film festival was launched. As the
festival pointed out, it's appalling that only 7% of feature film directors are
female, yet the festival's bid for inclusion only extended to some women. The
venue for the closing night bash was booked into the step-filled Cafè de Paris
and filmmaker and disabled woman Liz Crow, whose film screened as part of the
festival earlier the same day, was excluded.
When the festival refused to change venue, a group of disabled filmmakers and
artists decided to hold a very public party of our own on the pavement right
outside the CafÈ de Paris. We set out to protest the festival's error and draw
attention to the discrimination ingrained throughout the film sector.

In the run-up to the festival, messages of solidarity poured in from six
different countries from individuals and organisations including Channel Four,
National Union of Journalists, BECTU and The Writers Guild.

During an evening of getting the message out - to press, passersby and official
guests - filmmaker C Wright shot a film. C Wright has dyspraxia and is a member
of DANDA - The Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Assosiation.

The video of the event can currently be watched online. There are three versions
of the film, standard version, Audio Described Version and a Subtitled Version.
It should be noted that audio described version (AD) is not a proper AD version
but is a starndard verision with AD added to the narration. You can find the
videos by clicking on one of the links below.

http://danda.org.uk/pages/BEVProtestVids.htm

http://www.roaring-girl.com/proj05_a.shtml

http://www.rainahaig.com/pages/BEVVideo.htm









http://www.danda.org.uk/
DANDA – the Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association
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