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ReelAbilities: Houston Disabilities Film Festival

ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in New York in 2007, the festival presents award-winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience. Click here for the complete schedule.

 

Shooting Beauty

2009
George Kachadorian

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The MFAH hosts the closing night of ReelAbilities: Houston Disabilities Film Festival. In person: photographer Courtney Bent The career of fashion photographer Courtney Bent takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people living with disabilities. Bent invents cameras accessible to her new friends, and her efforts snowball into an award-winning photography program called Picture This, which is the backdrop for this story. more info