Documentaries

From:
Alice Elliott

I would like to recommend you add the Academy Award nominated short film The Collector of Bedford Street to your list under documentaries.

The Collector of Bedford Street is about Larry Selman, the director's 63 year old neighbor. Larry is a community activist and a fundraiser who is living independently with an intellectual disability. Because of his service to our neighborhood, the community became concerned about Larry's future, and created an Adult Supplemental Needs Trust Fund for him. This was the first time that a group, rather than an individual's family, has created such a fund. The film tells this story and humanizes the abstract statistics of mental retardation, shedding light on how the intellectually disabled can remain active participants in the community and how the community builds understanding.

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