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I Didn't See You There

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Silhouette of a wheelchair user moving in front of a circus tent

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
4:30pm to 5:50pm PT

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Lathrop Library, Classroom 282
518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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Film Screening
Reid Davenport - Filmmaker

Abstract: As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair or his two feet, without having to be seen himself. The unexpected arrival of a circus tent outside his apartment in Oakland, CA leads him to consider the history and legacy of P.T. Barnum’s Freak Show and its lingering presence in his daily life in the form of gawking, lack of access, and other forms of ableism. Informed by his position in space, lower to the ground, Davenport captures indelible images, often abstracted into shapes and patterns separate from their meaning. But the circus tent looms in the background, and is reverberated by tangible on-screen interruptions, from unsolicited offers of help to careless blocking of ramps.

Film Description: Personal and unflinching, I Didn't See You There forces the viewer to confront the spectacle and invisibility of disability. Offering both a perspective and stylistic approach that are rarely seen, Reid brings an urgently needed storytelling eye to filmmaking with a documentary that is powerful and emotional, thoughtful and raw, intimate and political. This film is the winner of the Directing Award for US Documentary at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

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