New Message to Oprah

In 2008, Sean Marckos, the President of Dreamsgate Pictures, was denied entrance to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival because he is a wheelchair-user, which he has been in since birth due to muscular dystrophy. This incident was a blatant act of discrimination that refused Sean the same rights as his peers.

For the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Sean sent a letter to the festival organizers, via a lawyer, requesting that they install a ramp on the red carpet to permit universal access. His request was quickly and rudely denied.

We find the festival's treatment of Sean as a second-class citizen to be unacceptable, and are refusing to remain complacent about the matter. We are currently in production for Just Imagine, a documentary that follows Sean as he battles for equality at the festival. A portion of the proceeds from the film will be donated to disability associations worldwide, as well as to the Dreamsgate Children's Foundation.

Just Imagine uses the incident at Cannes as a platform for the question of how mass media manipulates image in order to create perceived inequalities among people, which in turn creates discrimination and human rights violations. The documentary currently includes interviews with industry professionals, as well as exclusive footage of stars such as Brad Pitt, Verne Troyer, Mads Mikkelsen, Diane Kruger, and Quentin Tarantino.

Current Partners on Just Imagine
- Disabled Peoples' International (DPI French National Assembly)
- Muscular Dystrophy Association of India
- Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada
- European Disability Forum
- Association Belge contre les Maladies neuro-Musculaires ASBL
- ...and many others presently in negotiation

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[justimagine2009]

I really hope Oprah's listening, this is shameful!

[GokuAUHunter]

He's never had a chance to watch one of her shows? Is he serious? and he wants her to help him? whhhaaat thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .....

IN any case, I can't believe this, what horrible people running the event and the pathetic robotic security

[YouAreSoRight]

@justimagine2009

Dear justin,

It is too bad if she ain't watching; he says he never watched any of her shows !

Not even one, an hour before he made this video.

Cheers.

from,

del-boy

[bigmanxlhr]

yo you better contact larry flynt. he has balls. and been dealing with disability discrimination and has more expeience dealing with it.