Bafta Bitterness After Film About Disability Axed
Bafta has been drawn into a bitter row with the organisers of a disability film festival after refusing to screen a documentary about a group of disabled artists touring America.Writing for The Guardian, Mark Brown, arts correspondent reports:
The film-maker behind The Last American Freak Show admits his road movie-style documentary featuring performers unafraid to flaunt their disability is challenging, but says he is furious with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for backing out of a decision to hold a joint screening. Matters were made worse when Bafta suggested screening a more mainstream American comedy about a mentally ill young man who falls in love with a blow-up doll. The feelgood film, Lars and the Real Girl, is directed by the non-disabled Craig Gillespie and stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Mortimer.
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