Free Screening of “If You Could Say It In Words"

Through A Chip & A Chair Films’ partnership with the Center for Disability Rights, the Regional Center for Independent Living, and All About You Home Care, Inc, the new independent film “If You Could Say It In Words” will be available to an audience for a special preview screening and panel discussion at no cost on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the Center for Disability Rights in Rochester, NY, at 6:00 p.m.

The film is about a painter with undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome who challenges a young woman’s conventional idea of romance and his own understanding of love. Starring Marin Ireland and Alvin Keith, the film was hailed by autism community website Wrongplanet.net as “quite possibly the most authentic portrayal of an autistic person that I’ve ever seen in the movies.”

Following the screening will be a panel discussion and Q&A session with Nicholas Gray, the writer/director of the film; Paul Remlinger, a local person on the autism spectrum; Dr. Jessica Roesser, from the University of Rochester’s Department of Pediatrics; and Dr. Caroline Magyar, who directs the Rochester Regional center for Autism Spectrum Disorders and also works at the University of Rochester.

For those unable to attend, the film will be released on DVD on November 23; visit www.chipchair.com or join the company's mailing list at http://eepurl.com/LxPp to find out how you can pre-order the DVD, which includes special feature documentaries that feature authors and advocates Temple Grandin and John Elder Robinson.

EVENT DETAILS:

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
At the Center for Disability Rights
497 State Street
Rochester, NY 14608
(585) 546-7510

For further information on the event, please contact Diane Coleman at dcoleman@cdrnys.org.