March 11, 2015 7:24 am
Joanna Rudnick's award-winning documentary short On Beauty screens seven times at the Reelabilities NY Disabilities Film Festival from March 13-18.
The Audience Award winner for Best Short film at the 2014 Chicago International Film Festival, On Beauty follows photographer and activist Rick Guidotti as he uses his lens to challenge convention and redefine beauty with the help of two extraordinary women. The film has also been recently announced as an official selection of the upcoming Geneva Film Festival in Illinois; the Cleveland International Film Festival; the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs; and the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in Sonoma.*
Many of the Reelabilities NY events are free as the festival celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Click below for details on each or see a full festival schedule:
- March 13 @ 2 p.m., Langone Medical Center
- March 13 @ 6 p.m., Lower East Side Girls Club
- March 13 @ 6:30 p.m., JCC Manhattan
- March 15 @ 2 p.m., Central Queens Y
- March 17 @ 1:30 p.m., John Jay College
- March 17 @ 5 p.m., Lehman College
- March 18 @ 6:30 p.m., The New School
On Beauty at Geneva Film Festival:
March 12, 7pm, Shodeen’s Dodson Place.
March 14, 3pm, 25N Coworking.
On Beauty at Cleveland International Film Festival:
March 25 @ 9:15 am, Tower City Cinemas.
March 26 @ 4:30 pm, Tower City Cinemas.
On Beauty at American Documentary Film Festival:
March 26 @ 3:00 pm, Oliphant Auditorium.
March 27 @ 7:00 pm, Camelot Theaters.
On Beauty at Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival:
March 28 @ 11:30 am, Sebastopol Center for the Arts.
The film has also already been very popular at other Reelabilities festivals and events in Houston and Cincinnati (watch Rick Guidotti on Cincinnati's WLWT, stating "I've never photographed a disease. I've always only photographed beauty.") earlier this year, and we are excited for the film to return to Rick's home town, where the film was also a big hit at DOC NYC in November 2014.
Expect more On Beauty dates to be announced soon! Help bring the film to your town.
* Even more Kartemquin films will also screen at these same festivals! Click dates for tickets and more details:
- Almost There also screens at Geneva (March 13), Cleveland (March 20 & 21), and Sebastopol (March 29);
- The Homestretch will also screen at The Cleveland International Film Festival (March 22 & 23).
- Saving Mes Aynak will world premiere at the American Documentary Film Festival on March 28.