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Video: Salford to screen disability films at MediaCityUK
This Saturday, 3rd December, the big screens outside BBC North on Salford Quays will play host to a series of films on disability and deaf arts. The six short films will play from 12.30 - 1pm on Saturday. Playing now (see right) is So Many Excuses - Who do You Think You Are? It's a humorous sketch about how different impairments are perceived. Each film has been created by disabled and deaf artists through a Liverpool-based production company called DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts. The event is to celebrate the International Disabled People's Day, and the films will be screened simultaneously at MediaCityUK on Salford Quays and at Exchange Square in Manchester city centre. The films to be screened are below: Caroline Parker - The Rose Caroline Parker uses her act to make music accessible to the deaf world and signing accessible to the hearing world. Alison Jones - Portrait of the Artist by Proxy If you could never see your own reflection again, would you trust others to describe your appearance? Multi-sensory artist Alison Jones has done just that, asking strangers to describe what she looks like as her visual impairment means she can no longer see herself. Gina Czarnecki - Pixie Dust Working with persons affected by missing limbs either via amputation or birth, artists and filmmaker Gina Czarnecki intends to advance future certainties in bioscience and present manipulated footage of limb re-growth in the context of breaking news. Simon Mckeown - Motion Disabled An animation conjuring up the joy experienced through dance. Naomi Kendrick - Drawing Music A film of Kendrick drawing music by Mark Morreau using time lapse to capture the artists movements and the drawing as it emerged around her. There are 23 BBC Big Screens across the UK in cities including Salford, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and London, which are seen by 6.9 million people each day. Big Screen Manager Jeremy Buxton said: "Whether it's the Royal Wedding, the Olympics or the Grand Prix, the screens really are a place for people to gather and share the moment. This Saturday, we'll mark the International Day on all the Big Screens, bringing the nation together". Ruth Gould, Chief Executive Officer at DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts said: "These films demonstrate the huge talent and imagination amongst Deaf and Disabled Artists in the UK and we are really pleased the BBC have offered the platform of the BBC Big Screens to celebrate this talent and increase understanding on the International Day of Disabled People.'
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