WXXI Move to Include

“Name Me Lawand” Advance Screening and Panel Discussion • The Little Theatre

Join WXXI and Move to Include^TM for a special FREE advance screening and discussion of Name Me Lawand, a film that follows a deaf Kurdish boy’s transformative journey to communicate through learning sign language.

Monday, August 19, 2024 | 6:30pm
Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Reserve your FREE tickets online.

About the Film: Lawand, deaf from birth, seeks a fresh start with his family in the UK after a traumatic year in a refugee camp. At Derby’s Royal School for the Deaf, he learns sign language and discovers a way to communicate with the world. As he thrives, his family faces deportation, challenging their stability. Name Me Lawand is a love letter to the power of friendship and community.

ASL interpretation will be provided for opening remarks and post-screening panel discussion. This film is presented with open captions.

For more information on parking and accessibility, please visit https://thelittle.org/accessibility/. Additional accommodations may be requested during the registration process.

Please contact Sarah Murphy Abbamonte, Project Manager for Move to Include^TM , at sabbamonte@wxxi.org with any questions.

Original Move to Include Content from WXXI

This collection of WXXI’s original content is produced for the Move to Include^TM initiative. Move to Include^TM is an award-winning national initiative that uses the power of public media to promote inclusion. The content in this collection spotlights the lived experiences of people with disabilities and important disability issues, including education, healthcare, housing, employment, and more – through television, radio, news, community events, and digital media.

You can access it through the PBS App or WXXI Move to Include Collection website at PBS

POV: Fauna • WXXI-TV

POV poetically and playfully contrasts humanity’s complex and contradictory relationship with nature in the dreamy and lyrical pastoral tale Fauna.

POV: Fauna airs Monday, August 5 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

An old shepherd and his flock live alongside a high-tech laboratory for animal experimentation. Two worlds that are two sides of the same coin. While the shepherd, afflicted with a bone disease, witnesses his profession disappearing, scientists are busier than ever researching the COVID vaccine. Fauna explores the relationship between humans, animals and science in post-pandemic times.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Fit 2 Stitch Sewing Careers for the Blind• WXXI-CREATE

Disability doesn’t stop these blind and visually impaired individuals from having a fulfilling career in sewing for the US Military

Fit 2 Stitch Sewing Careers for the Blind airs Thursday, August 1 at 9:30 p.m. on WXXI-CREATE.

On this episode of Fit 2 Stitch, the gang travels to Envision Dallas, where people who are blind or visually impaired are taught to sew. We all want a job that’s more than just a way to make money; a job that makes a difference. At Envision, while sewing articles for the US military, workers develop a sense of independence and accomplishment in their careers.

This Old House Veteran’s Special House Project• WXXI-TV

This Old House partners with Homes for Our Troops (HFOT).

This Old House Veteran’s Special House Project airs on Wednesday, August 21 at 12:30 a.m. on WXXI-TV

In this special feel-good episode of This Old House, the crew builds and renovates a house with a cause in Hopkinton, New Hampshire for a wounded Iraq War veteran.

Arts + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity• WXXI-WORLD

Artists and healthcare clinicians present alternative perspectives on disability.

Arts + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity airs Thursday, October 31 at 11 a.m. on WXXI-WORLD.

Through stories and performances, artists and medical professionals redefine what we perceive as “normal.” Co-hosted by artist and storyteller Kevin Kling, professor Jessica Horvath Williams, Ph.D., and Dr. Tsegaensh Selameab, the program discusses issues of varying abilities through the arts and shares unique perspectives from a wide range of contributors who offer insight on the meaning of accessibility.

This documentary is presented as part of WXXI and the Golisano Foundation’s Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Symphony Celebration: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Dr. Henry Panion, III • WXXI-TV

A truly unique television program bringing together songs performed by musical legends The Blind Boys of Alabama and a full symphony orchestra.

Symphony Celebration: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Dr. Henry Panion, III airs Friday, August 16 at 9 pm on WXXI-TV, and encores Saturday, August 17 at 4 p.m.

Throughout the program, a documentary storytelling thread uses small vignettes to connect the artists and their songs. Beautifully orchestrated and conducted by Dr. Henry Panion III, Symphony Celebration focuses on messages of humanity, peace and love.

Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity • On-demand

Artists and healthcare clinicians create alternative perspectives on disability, through disability, stories and performances, and redefine what we perceive as normal. Hosted by artist and storyteller Kevin Kling, Professor Jessica Horvath Williams, PhD, and Doctor Tsegaensh Selameab. Created in collaboration with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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