Presented by the Iowa Disability Film Festival
"A quirky, funny and heartwarming slice of heaven that’ll wring every cynical toxin out of your body."—Abby Olcese, The Pitch
Presented with open captions and ASL interpreters for introduction and post-screening discussion with representatives from Combined Efforts, All Abilities Club, Inclusion Club, Child Serve, and other individuals in the local autistic community.
Descriptive audio available
With unprecedented access to Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School (SMRSS) at Bullengarook, Victoria, this heart-warming documentary follows a group of teenagers living with disabilities and neurodiversity as they share their dreams and confront their challenges while preparing for their high school biennial musical production. This life-affirming and tenderly humorous insight into young adulthood has universal themes of love, friendship, belonging and self-acceptance. This is not a film focusing on disabilities and differences, it is a slice of life exploration with complex characters who have the power to bind audiences through the commonality of shared experiences and feelings at a critical moment in time—and have them singing and cheering along too.
All films in the Iowa Disability Film Festival will screen simultaneously in The Chauncey Theater 1 and Theater 3. Screenings in Theater 3 will include additional sensory sensitive accommodations, including low light and reduced volume, and includes modular seating to accommodate a flexible number of wheelchairs. Attendees are asked to indicate their preference of space, however final seating locations may be adjusted to maximize accommodations for all.
