STRONG GIANTS and Other Stories

Programmed by Jacqui Ward.

A collection of short films created by or in collaboration with disability and deaf activists, leaders and artists from Timor Leste, Kiribati, UK, metro and regional Australia. Themes include Disability Culture, inclusion/exclusion, protest, tactile and Auslan communication, living in remote communities, gender/sexuality/disability and intimate stories. This collection has been curated by Jacqui Ward who collaborated on many of the films.

Program

Te Toa Matoa (Te Toa Matoa, Michael Buckley)

Tied/Untied (Phil Harper, Bira-Li Ward, Jacqui Ward)

Lisa’s Story (Ahmed Adam Ibrahim & Lisa Ward)

Pashing in Public (Jax Jacki Brown, Marina Gabriela Bonofiglio, Jacqui Ward)

Weave (Jacqui Ward, Weave Movement Theatre)

Where’s Galah? (Samantha Wilson)

Muda Ita Nia Lianfuan (Association for People with Disabilities Timor Leste)

Self Portrait

Action Not Charity (Veronica Tillman, Jesuino Araujo, Crecencia de Deus, Domingos Savio, Andre Da Soare, Joelce Da Costa Freitas, Jacqui Ward)

Talk By Touch (Heather Lawson, Michelle Stevens, Trudy Ryall (DeafBlind Victorians Self Advocacy Group, Sue Smith, Jacqui Ward)

Strong Giants (Teekamangu, Jacqui Ward)

Lockdown Confessions (Kingsley Plus)

Exoskeleton (Jax Jacki Brown, Paul Dunn, Fiona Tuomy)

WEDNESDAY 27 OCTOBER

FOOD SERVED 6:30PM
SCREENINGS 7:00PM

BYO (no booze)
The Walk-In is an under-resourced cinema and we rely on a BYO hospitality attitude. We will provide warm food, fire and film, and request that you bring your own deck chair, swag, thermos, soup vessel, blanket and anything else you might need to keep yourself comfortable. 

Please note this is a dry event, there will be no alcohol served or permitted. It is family friendly, dog friendly, it is friendly to all.

Food

Provided in partnership with Pasta Madre

Please remember to BYO cup/bowl/spoon.