The Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend. The festival specializes in "disabilty films," which festival coordinator William Greer defines as a film about, starring, or made by a person with a disabilty.
This year, the festival will be headlined by two feature documentaries, "The Crash Reel" and "Getting Up: The Temp One Story." "The Crash Reel" focuses on aspiring Olympic snowboarder Kevin Pearce and his attempts to return to competitive snowboarding after suffering a traumatic brain injury. "Getting Up: The Temp One" Story documents grafiti artist Tempt-One as he learns a new way to practice his art after being paralyzed by the degenerative nerve disorder ALS.
In addition to the two features, the fest will feature director interviews, a live art demonstration,and several short films. One of those shorts will feature festival coordinator William Greer himself; a blind marathon runner, Greer completed the 2013 Boston Marathon with his sighted guide, "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me"'s Peter Sagal. minutes before the event became the site of a terrorist bombing.
Cinema Touching Disability November 1 and 2 Alamo Drafthouse Village
