First Encounters

0928.0002
Searls, Richard Collection
Maine
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1980
Docudrama about disabled people and others' response to them. Opens with two mimes and film crew. Phone conversation. Trains. Man in wheelchair. Manufacturing plant. Plant manager interviews disabled efficiency expert to see if he is right for job. Fairmount Restaurant. Drama ends. Interview with disabled actors from film and the other actors regarding issues the film raises. Disabled woman with cane shown in grocery store. Discussion of disabled and people's discomfort with them; disabled as minority group. Ends with mimes.

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