REELABILITES FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO FOREST HILLS!

THE 7th Annual REELABILITIES FILM FESTIVAL features award winning, international films on the experiences of people with disabilities and their families. Each film is followed by discussion, often with personnel from the film and social workers. All films are open to the general public and free, but a donation is requested.

Monday, March 16, 12:30 p.m.
Mimi and Dona

(Dir. Sophie Sartain, 66 min., USA, 2014, Documentary)
What happens when love runs out of time? For a 92-year-old mother, Mimi, who has cared for Dona, her daughter who has an intellectual disability, for 64 years, it means facing the inevitable: she will not outlive her daughter and must find her daughter a home. This poignant, heartbreaking and, at times, humorous documentary traces this process through the story of a wonderfully quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo.

Guest Room

Dir. Joshua Tate, 14 min, USA, Narrative

A young woman with Down Syndrome grapples with her identity and her potential as a mother after an unplanned pregnancy with her boyfriend.

For more information, click here or call (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, or email pkurtz@cqy.org.

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At the Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375.