Director, advocates object to film’s ‘disability’ label
November 17th, 2008From the [UK] Independent:
A film director and disability advocates condemned British film censors for attaching a warning about “disability themes” to a feature-length comedy starring people with disabilities. Special People, the story of a filmmaker who teaches a class of wheelchair-users about making films, features a cast that includes a number of actors with disabilities.
Advocates said the label was not needed, and might have the effect of deterring people from seeing the film. An excerpt:
… Ian Macrae, the editor of Disability Now magazine, said: “It’s the exact equivalent of putting a warning on a Spike Lee film saying, ‘This film contains black people.’ It’s medieval thinking.”
Sue Clark, a BBFC spokeswoman, said: “These guidelines are there to give the public an idea of the issues we considered when classifying films. It’s not designed to make any valued judgment.”
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