Andrea van Vugt: Itâs time Canada had a disability awakening Opinion: The disability community is the largest minority group in Canada. And â wake up â itâs a minority group that you can become a part of at any point in your life. One in five people is a lot of people.
Author of the article: Andrea van Vugt
Publishing date: May 11, 2021  â¢Â 15 hours ago  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â In this screen grab from the virtual press room courtesy of Film Independent Directors Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham speak after receiving the award for Best Documentary for Crip Camp during the Film Independent Spirit Awards on April 22, 2021. Photo by - /Film Independent/AFP via Getty I
The 100 Best Documentaries of All Time
By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News
AND Nicole Johnson, Stacker News
On 5/5/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
Great documentaries often give access and illumination to stories that would otherwise go untold. The subject of a great documentary can be anything from a single individual s life to a broader political event, and the effect of the films can be anything from uplifting to devastating.
To celebrate the genre, Stacker created a ranking of the top 100 documentaries of all time by leveraging data on all documentary movies to create a Stacker score that serves as a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic scores. To qualify, the film had to be listed as a documentary on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 1,000 IMDb user votes. Ties were broken by Metascore and further ties were broken by votes. Documentary TV series were not included.
Crip Camp and Garrett Bradley’s
Time are just a few of the documentaries nominated for the 2021 Peabody Awards.
The nominated titles chosen from more than 1,300 entries across television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and multimedia programming cover a range of issues including COVID-19, voting rights, police violence, immigrant rights and economic justice.
A total of 60 nominees were revealed today (May 4). Of those, PBS and Netflix lead with 12 and nine, respectively, followed by HBO (five), Amazon and Showtime (three each), and Apple TV+ and CBS (two each).
Winners will be named during a virtual ceremony in June. Details about the online event are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Arts This Week: Sonya Clark, TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever and Crip Camp
Sonya Clark s Reversals, 2019, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
Carlos Avendaño, courtesy of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Jared Bowen On Morning Edition | April 29, 2021
This week, GBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen takes us through two exhibitions of artist Sonya Clarkâs work at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Plus, reviews of âTJ Loves Sally 4 Everâ and the Oscar-nominated film âCrip Camp.â
Sonya Clark, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know (installation view, 8th floor), 2019.
Oscar-nominated movies.at home!
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Judy Heumann. The mere mention of her name sends shivers down the spines of all who look to cut corners at the expense of denying the disabled community equal access. A former employer cursed her name when told he would have to shell out thousands to build a lift stage-right at the head of an auditorium to accommodate guest speakers in wheelchairs, if and when the occasion arose. Heumann is still at it, and if nothing else, the history of her contributions to the creation of the Americans With Disabilities Act alone make this a must-see. But before that, let’s spend a summer at overnight camp. It started in the 1950’s, a time when the disabled had no place in public schools; their inability to walk made them fire hazards. We first catch up with Camp Jened in 1973: a haven for the physically and intellectually challenged located down the road apiece from Woodstock. (Don’t for a second think that music didn’t play an almost equally impor