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Disability History Month Scotland *‘Celebrating Our Struggle **for Equality’* National Conference Saturday December 3^rd 2011 Moray House School of Education University of Edinburgh *For more details and to book a place contact us at **http://disabilityhistorymonthscotland.or* <http://disabilityhistorymonthscotland.org/> Colin REvell wrote: > Liz > > Here's a video about your project and other links:- http://vimeo.com/3177051 > > http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=ppwl&cp=10&gs_id=u&xhr=t&q=liz+crow+resistance&pq=liz+crow.+resistance&rlz=1R2SUNC_enGB398&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=vid&source=og&sa=N&tab=wv&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=50de6ded461f8f9d&biw=1067&bih=395 > <http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=ppwl&cp=10&gs_id=u&xhr=t&q=liz+crow+resistance&pq=liz+crow.+resistance&rlz=1R2SUNC_enGB398&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=vid&source=og&sa=N&tab=wv&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=50de6ded461f8f9d&biw=1067&bih=395> > > FREEOURPEOPLE > > Colin Revell > > > Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:56:03 +0000 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Disability History event > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Coming to the University of Bedford this Friday 22 November is the > award-winning international touring exhibition by filmmaker Liz Crow. > Resistance: which way the future? takes as its starting point the Nazi programme > of mass-murder which targeted disabled people and became the blueprint for the > larger holocaust. What turned doctors and nurses into killers? What stopped > ordinary people from speaking out? And what does this history mean for all of us > today? > > Over ten years in the making, the exhibition recently returned from its run > at Washington DCʼs Kennedy Center, where a visitor wrote “One of the most > powerful things I have ever experienced. I was so amazed by it, I went back to > see it twice more. A month later it is still with me.” > > > > The opening drama follows the story of Elise, a patient who sweeps the > institution in which she lives. She watches buses full of patients leave and > return empty. When her turn comes, she knows what’s in store. Based on real > events, this is the story of one woman’s resistance in the only way she could. > > Director Liz Crow says “This is an episode of history that is virtually > hidden, yet the values that underpinned it still echo through disabled people’s > lives today. We can’t change history, but we can learn how to influence the > future. The events of the holocaust came to an end because ordinary people > resisted. I want audiences to feel inspired to get involved, be effective and > find the courage to be a part of change. Resistance deals in a difficult subject > but is infused with a sense of possibility.” > > > > Resistance opens at the University of Bedford on Friday 22 November and runs > until Thursday 15 December. Open weekdays 9.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00. > For evening and weekend bookings, please arrange with Natasha Reynolds on > [log in to unmask] or 01234 7933834. > > > > Wheelchair access. Subtitles, BSL interpretation, audio description. Suitable > for individual and group visits, for aged 11+ to adult. Run time 30 minutes. > > > > More information at www.roaring-girl.com/productions/resistance-on-tour/. > > ________________End of message________________ > > > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for > Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > > > > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to > [log in to unmask] > > > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > > > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > ________________End of message________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability > Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> > > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. > > ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.