CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS: MOVIE SCREENING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH, 5:00-8:00 PM
COST: $3-20, SLIDING SCALE, NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS
Six houseless residents of San Francisco, LA and Oakland live outside in tents, cardboard boxes & RVs, surviving together in community, interdependently, until each city deploys a giant machine and multiple poLice and state agencies that crush all of their belongings, tents, walkers, wheelchairs and more. The exciting new movie Crushing Wheelchairs, which incorporates magical realism, poetry, and myth in the stories of each of the characters, culminates in violent tragedy and hope rooted in decolonial self-determination. The production includes a cast of only houseless or formerly houseless and disabled actors who have been participants in a series of theatre and writing workshops led by formerly houseless screenwriter, povertyskola and poet Tiny (Lisa) Gray-Garcia aka @povertyskola. The film was produced in partnership with LA-based filmmaker, Adrian Diamond (Green Diamond Projects).
Musicians and performers include: Jim Armenti, Jerry Bryant, Joe Blumenthal, Bill Cutler, Tracy Grammer, Indë, Rose Jackson, Evan Kos, Mark Roberts, Dan Scott, Tom Scott, Adrienne Wade, Shirley Van Kanin, and Rebecca Weiss. Also included: special appearance by Maryliz Maldanado and Will Messier of the Children's Corn Stalk Fiddle Choir, directed by Cindy Naughton, as well as Ella Elliot, Indë , MawuLisa Thomas-Adeyemo and Min Tyrone Bowie Jr. of the Ujima Singers, directed by Indë Francis.
Trudy's prior shows about American history and culture have been performed at: Library of Congress, Lincoln Center Public Program Series / NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian affiliate Long Island Museum of Art and History , A.R.T Oberon Special Program Series / Harvard Houghton Library, Yale University, Emily Dickinson Museum and Hadley Public Library sponsored by Hadley Historical Society and Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, and Forbes Library, Northampton. Williams plays electric-acoustic bass in the Fiddle Orchestra of Western Massachusetts/ Valley String Band and the Machine Shop Jam Band. She is a recipient of the American Antiquarian Society’s Baron Fellowship for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers.