Award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib will screen a preview of his new documentary film Intelligent Lives (narrated by Academy-award winning actor Chris Cooper), followed by a discussion/Q&A on Feb. 29 at the University of Rochester’s River Campus. Habib will also screen and discuss his short film Thasya. The event will focus on school and community inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities.
The film screenings and discussions will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, February 29, in the Genrich-Rusling Room of LeChase Hall on the University of Rochester’s River Campus. LeChase Hall is located in the historic Wilson Quadrangle, between Todd Union and Wilson Commons.
The event is sponsored by the Institute for Innovative Transition (www.nytransition.org), housed at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education.