Independent Lens | Lives Worth Living | Clip 2 | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lives-worth-living/

Premiering October 27, 2011. Check local listings:
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In 1990, Disability Rights activists organized on the Capitol steps to force Congress to recognize their civil rights. While some lawmakers declared it an embarrassment to see people crawling up the steps, others considered it a powerful and passionate call for the passage of a civil rights act for the disabled.

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Film & Animation

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• disability rights
• disabilities
• disabled
• ADA
• activism
• activists
• Fred Fay
• pbs documentaries
• documentary
• ITVS