Login2Life is set for a St Patrick’s Day premiere in the USA at the Reelabilities Ny Disabilities film festival. The film by Daniel Moshel and with musical credits by Bernhard Drax (AKA Draxtor Despres) is described in the blurb as :
Elaborate digital platforms like Second Life and World of Warcraft offer novel opportunities for friendship, sex, employment, and aesthetic experience in virtual communities populated by cartoon-like avatars. Centered around people who have found communities online, Login 2 Life profiles people deeply immersed in virtual worlds, including individuals who are homebound because of their disabilities, and attempts to understand what these individuals get from their virtual lives.
The film is scheduled for two showings tomorrow :
- 8:30 pm – JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave @ 76th St New York, NY, 10023.
- 12:00 pm – Pace University, 3 Spruce St, B Level, Angelo Bianco Room, New York, NY, 10038.
The Reelabilities film festival itself describes its mission as :
ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated at the JCC in Manhattan, in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience. In 2014, the JCC in Manhattan collaborated with the Cincinnati-based agency, Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled (LADD, Inc), to operate the National program of the film festival, enabling us to focus more resources and provide more support to festivals around the country.
Whereas the film itself was released in Europe a few years back and isn’t brand new, it’s good to see it being featured at a festival such as this. Although having been in New York for St Patrick’s day more than once, I do wonder if people will be able to find their way to the cinemas!