{"id":33247,"date":"2026-10-20T12:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33247"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:14:27","slug":"the-62nd-chicago-international-film-festival-disability-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/the-62nd-chicago-international-film-festival-disability-in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"The 62nd Chicago International Film Festival: Disability in Focus"},"template":"","news_categories":[65],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-33247","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-inside-ahs"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagofilmfestival.com\/festival\/disability-in-focus\/\">Chicago International Film Festival<\/a>, in partnership with UIC, presents a series of disability-inclusive films accompanied by post-screening discussions that explore representations of disability in media. These conversations foster critical dialogue, challenge ableist assumptions, and advance understanding of disability as a vital dimension of human diversity and culture.<\/p>\n<h2>Stand Up<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Mari Sanders |<strong> Runtime:<\/strong> 95 minutes<br \/>\nAfter a life-changing accident requires her to use a wheelchair, a young woman forms an unexpected connection with an aspiring stand-up comic whose irreverent spirit helps her navigate a new chapter in her life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 p.m.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago History Museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 p.m.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gene Siskel Film Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Post-screening discussion:<\/strong> 45 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Scheduled guests:<\/strong> Director Mari Sanders and actor Lucia Zemene<\/p>\n<h2>While We Are Here<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Reveca Torres |<strong> Runtime:<\/strong> 86 minutes<br \/>\nFilmmaker Reveca Torres expands conventional understandings of disability through a creative exploration of the lives and legacies of renowned artists Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, and Henri Matisse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 p.m.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago History Museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, October 23, 5:15 p.m.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gene Siskel Film Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Post-screening discussion:<\/strong> 45 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Scheduled guest:<\/strong> Director Reveca Torres<\/p>\n<h2>Being Heumann<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Si\u00e2n Heder |<strong> Runtime:<\/strong> 127 minutes<br \/>\nSet in 1977, the film follows disability rights activist Judy Heumann as she leads the historic 28-day occupation that helped secure federal protections for accessibility and civil rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 p.m.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gene Siskel Film Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33256,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33247\/revisions\/33256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=33247"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=33247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}