Human Rights Film Series presents Music Within

22 March 2011

Equality.  Non-discrimination.  The right to work.  Today most people take these values and rights for granted.  However, the reality is different.  Many of us are well aware of discrimination on the basis of race and gender.  However, there is a further group of people whose struggle for equality often goes unnoticed.

Music Within highlights the difficulties and discrimination facing persons with disabilities.  This is a dramatisation of the true story of Richard Pimentel who returns from Vietnam with severely impaired hearing and finds his purpose is not so much to change others' minds about people's disabilities, but rather to change their minds about themselves.  Music Within tells the story of Richard's pivotal role in creating the Americans With Disabilties Act (1990), a big step forward in US equality legislation.

Introduction and Q & A with:  Tim Rose, Co-Chair of Disability Rights Caucus for Canada's New Democratic Party