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).
5:00 PM: Check in, food is served
5:10 PM: All-nations prayer
5:30 PM: Crushing Wheelchairs Film Screening
7:30 PM: Q&A, Poetry and closing words