Bodies in Crisis screening & panel for IDPWD 2025

Office of Social Innovation at TMU

Please join the Office of Social Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University as we mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC)

Please join the Office of Social Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University as we mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a free public screening of Bodies in Crisis, a feature-length documentary by Maria Teresa Larrain. About the filmIn the midst of a profound social conflict, Maria Teresa Larrain, a blind activist and filmmaker based in Canada, returns to her native Chile to document five activists who embark on a transformative process to dignify their lives. Bodies in Crisis follows these activists through the constitutional process that took place in Chile between 2020 and 2021. The film powerfully traces the intersections of gender, disability, and Indigeneity in ongoing struggles for disability rights and justice.Bodies in Crisis was recognized with two laurels at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival: Best Diaspora Film Award and Nomination for Best Canadian Film Award. Watch the official trailer <a href="https://vimeo.com/1118195156?share=copy" title="https://vimeo.com/1118195156?share=copy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. Language: Spanish with English subtitlesLength: 108 minutesFollowing the screening, we’ll host a panel discussion on local and global disability rights and justice movements with disability studies scholars and activists Dr. Flávia Luciana Magalhães Novais and Dr. Akihito Kato.Filmmaker Maria Teresa Larrain will be in attendance and available for Q + A. Access:- ASL interpretation- This will be a masked event. Surgical masks will be available at the door Event details:When: Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 5:00–7:30 p.m.Where: 288 Church Street, Room 707/709, Toronto Metropolitan University This event is free and open to the public.

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