A New Kind of Listening - Documentary Trailer

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A New Kind of Listening is an hour-long documentary that takes us inside the creative work of the Community Inclusive Theater Group, as director Richard Reho inspires cast members, some with disabilities, to be writers, actors and dancers in an original collaborative performance. Together they prove that a small community arts project has the power to transform lives.

The film is witness to Chris Mueller-Medlicotts early, unrecognized attempts to communicate, and to his journey from a lonely, withdrawn adolescent to co-director of the theater group. Over the course of a year, Chris, a young man who has never spoken a word and has been mislabeled profoundly mentally retarded, breaks through into stunning self-expression.

A New Kind of Listening weaves together deep feelings, playfulness, vulnerability, and unexpected loss into a joyful, painful celebration of our connection to each other. The result is a groundbreaking film that will change your beliefs about intelligence, disability and what it takes to be heard.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Disabilities
• Facilitated
• Communication
• FC
• Cerebral
• Palsy
• Autism
• Community
• Inclusion
• Theater
• anewkindoflistening.com
• The
• Groove
• Productions
• Kenny
• Dalsheimer

[ANewKindOfListening]

FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING

THURSDAY OCT 15th @ 7:30 PM

CAROLINA THEATER IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM

[phippspretzels]

FC is obviously fake. The kid isn't even looking at the keyboard as he's supposedly "typing".

[DravanDarkstar]

X-link mental redardation in this severity has been known to destroy self awarness and intelligence not to mention the ability to speak or eve understand the language. That being said FC is completly fake. science has proved it to be a falsehood by scanning brain activity in x-linked mental retarded patients doing various tasks. There was very little change from scan to scan . after talkin to the person or showing them pictures.for all intensive purposes. these people are essentially brain dead.

[nightwingbabe1]

ur amazing



[1958boomergirl]

What a profound film, and what total class the caregivers have when dealing with those who can't talk for one reason or another. Ten cheers for this documentary!

[ex0rdium]

Watching this more and more, this is unbelievable. This kid is completely unconscious and everyone around him is pretending like he's there and can speak. Just unbelievable.

[ex0rdium]

facilitated communication is a scam and I think its a crime what this woman is doing to this poor kid

[addmis]

so fake. I can't believe these 'facilitators' are allowed to use people as puppets.

[LarimarSarah]

Looks like it is FC. All proven fake

[WhoSfgas]

If facilitated communication is part of this, and it appears to be, then I dont trust it. Im not saying the whole thing is a hoax, but somebody ought to be checking this in greater detail. Any time facilitated communication of any sort is involved, red flags fly

[cockyrooster]

Thank you so much for making this