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            <li><h2>About Us</h2></li>
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            <div id="our-mission" class="about-us-section"><h4>Our Mission:</h4><p>ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities.
Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with
disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and
other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and
celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.
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<div id="who-we-are" class="about-us-section"><h4>Who We Are</h4><p><strong>Anita Altman, Festival Founder</strong><br />Deputy Managing Director, Department of Government and External Affairs of UJA-Federation, and founder of its Task Force on People with Disabilities. Anita has helped to expand and transform programming for people with disabilities, who are served by the UJA-Federation network of agencies. Her hope is that this film festival will help raise the consciousness of the New York community about our common humanity and the value of each person, without regard to his or her ability or disability.</p><p><strong>Isaac Zablocki, Festival Director</strong><br />Isaac Zablocki is the Director of the Israel Film Center at the JCC in Manhattan. He was born in New York, and grew up in Israel. He attended film school at Columbia University and went on to work at Miramax films. Isaac is Director of Film Programs at the JCC in Manhattan and is one of the leading presenters of Jewish and Israeli films in America. He programs over seven film festivals a year including The Other Israel Film Festival and ReelAbilites: NY Disabilities Film Festival. Isaac also teaches film in various institutions.</p><p><strong>Ravit Turjeman, Festival Co-director &amp; National Festival Coordinator</strong><br />Founder and Managing Director of Dragoman Films, a NYC-based boutique distribution company, specializing in marketing of Israeli Cinema in North America. Ravit also serves as director and programmer of numerous film festivals in the Tri-State area, among them The Other Israel Film Festival, and NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival.With the support of the Saul Scohttenstein Foundation B, Ravit works to bring ReelAbilities to communities throughout the country.</p><p><strong>Ariana Cohen-Halberstam, Outreach and Festival Coordinator</strong><br />Film Program Associate at the Israel Film Center at The JCC in Manhattan. Ariana studied Film Theory and has worked in film and television industry in various capacities for years - most recently as an editor.</p><p><strong>Chantall Lowe, Festival Program Coordinator</strong><br />Program Associate, Department of Government &amp; External Affairs of UJA-Federation of NY. Chantall works with agency professionals to help expand their agencies&#8217; capacity to serve people with disabilities.</p>
<p> <br /></p><p>Reelabilities is made possible by support from the JE and ZB Butler Foundation, FJC, A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, The Stanley H. and Rita J. Kaplan Fund of UJA-Federation, Harry S. Black &amp; Allon Fuller Fund, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for The Arts, and The Saul Schottenstein Foundation B.</p><p><a href="#top" title="Back to Top">Back to Top</a></p>
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<div id="festival-committees" class="about-us-section"><h4>Festival Committees</h4><p class="list-header"><strong>Film Selection Committee</strong></p><ul>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Anita Altman, UJA-Federation of New York</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Mary Archbold, Independent Performer &amp; Filmmaker
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Chantall Askins, UJA-Federation of New York</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Pat Goldman, J.E. &amp; Z.B. Butler Foundation</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Anita Hollander, Independent Artist, Chair SAG, AFTRA &amp; Performers with Disabilities</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Ravit Turjeman, Dragoman Films</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Isaac Zablocki, The JCC in Manhattan</li>
&nbsp;   </ul><p class="list-header"><strong>Advisory Committee</strong></p><ul>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Hannah Cohen, Coordinator of Special Needs Parenting Programs, The JCC in Manhattan</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Shirley Silver, Board Member, The JCC in Manhattan</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Mayer Waxman, National Association of Chevra Kadisha</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Sharon Shapiro, Founding Director, Yad HaChazakah-JDEC</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Gary Springer, Founder &amp; Director, SPRINGER ASSOCIATES PR</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Daniele Favre-Panayotatos, Director of Development, Alpine Learning Group, Inc. </li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Sean Cruse, Ph.D, Communications &amp; Research, United Nations Global Compact</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Faye Ginsburg, Council for the Study of Disability, New York University</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li>Fran Prezant, M.Ed. CCC, Disability Consultant, Researcher , Author</li>
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; <li> Ken Struve, Executive Director,City Access New York</ul><li>Leslie Epstein Pearson, Director, Learning Resource Network/JBFCS</li><li>Victor Calise, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities</li><li>Alexis Kashar, President, Jewish Deaf Resource Center (JDRC)</li><li>Dr. Sam Grogg, Dean, Arts and Sciences, Adelphi University</li><p><a href="#top" title="Back to Top">Back to Top</a></p>
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<div id="submit-a-film" class="about-us-section"><p>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <br /></p><h4>Submit a Film</h4><p>The film selection for The Fifth Annual ReelAbilities: NY disabilities film festival is completed. If you wish to submit your film for the Sixth Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival, to take place in 2014, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&amp;formkey=dC1veWhtLUJ2U2lIXzhHU1FQLTNmZHc6MQ">click here to fill out the online submission form</a>. 
The festival is looking for films by and about people with disabilities that explore, discuss and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience. 
Films that have been widely/commercially released in NY prior to March 2014 are not eligible for submission. 
Screeners in DVD format, along with a signed submission form should be mailed to:

ReelAbilities Film Festival
334 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023
(646) 505-5738

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<div id="volunteer" class="about-us-section"><h4>Volunteer</h4><p>Volunteering for ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival is a terrific way to get involved in this exciting initiative from its first stages! The commitment and generosity of our volunteers is the foundation that makes our festival a great success. Please join us to make this festival shine!</p><p>Volunteering at our festival is hard work, but also lots of fun! Meet filmmakers from around the world, interact with our engaged audience and watch great movies!</p><p>What do ReelAbilities Film Festival volunteers do?</p><p>Volunteers help the festival by working in theater operations during festival screenings, serving as special events support for pre- and post-festival parties and assisting with pre-festival office support.</p><p>How to Volunteer:</p><p>If you would like to volunteer please contact the ReelAbilities Program Associate, Ariana Cohen-Halberstam at <a href="mailto:ahalberstam@jccnyc.org" title="Contact Ariana Cohen-Halberstam ">ahalberstam@jccnyc.org</a> with your resume attached, or fax it to: (212) 799-0254. In a cover letter, please indicate your preferred location (one of the eight counties in which the festival is presented — Long Island, Queens, Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Bronx, Westchester), and your availability (weekdays, weekends, daytime, anytime).</p><p><a href="#top" title="Back to Top">Back to Top</a></p>
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<div id="contact-us" class="about-us-section"><h4>Contact Us</h4><p>Reelabilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival<br />334 Amsterdam Avenue<br />New York, NY 10023<br />646-505-5738<br />877-505-6708 - TTY<br /><a href="mailto:reelabilities@jccnyc.org" title="Contact Us">reelabilities@jccnyc.org</a></p><p><a href="#top" title="Back to Top">Back to Top</a></p>
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