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April 26 - May 3: ReelAbilities Film Festival - Promoting Awareness and Appreciation of People with Different Abilities

Serving the Greater DC region, the 4th annual festival will entertain, provoke, challenge and reshape our conceptions and/or prejudices.

ReelAbilities Film Festival, powered by the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, is part of the largest film festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of people with different abilities. Serving the Greater DC region, the 4th annual festival will entertain, provoke, challenge and reshape our conceptions and/or prejudices about disability, irrespective of race, religion or geography. Plus post-screening discussions and special programs bring the community together to explore, embrace and advocate for our friends, neighbors, co-workers and families. Please join us!

Screenings will be held throughout the Greater DC area; most events are free.

Sunday, April 26

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2:00PM Anita @ Angelika Film Center
7:00PM Lost and Sound @Temple Beth Ami

Monday, April 27

Find out what's happening in Falls Churchfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

6:00PM Bipolarized @Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
7:15PM Reel Encounters (Just as I Remember, Motherly, A Life With Aspergers, Be My Brother, and The Commute ) @Imagination Stage

Tuesday, April 28

12:30PM Come As You Are @NVCC -Manassas Campus
6:00PM A Whole Lott More @Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library
6:30PM Lost and Sound @NVCC-Annandale Campus
7:00PM Touch of the Light @ Cinema Arts Theatre
7:30PM Little World @Reston Community Center

Wednesday, April 29

6:30PM Reel Encounters (Motherly, Just As I Remember, A Life With Asperger’s, Keep the Change, The Commute) @Temple Rodef Shalom
6:30PM Reel Encounters (Sensory Overload, Beautiful, Autism in Love, A Life with Asperger’s, Keep the Change) @The Ivymount School
7:00PM Fixed @Bethlehem Lutheran Church
7:30PM Musical Chairs @Reston Community Center

Thursday, April 30

6:00PM It’s All About Friends @Dorothy I.Height/Benning Road Library
7:00PM It’s All About Friends @PHILLIPS Programs
7:30PM A Whole Lott More @Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation

Saturday, May 2

2:00PM Wretches and Jabberers @Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library

Sunday, May 3

1:30PM Wretches and Jabberers @Angelika Film Center

Visit www.reelabilities.org/greaterdc for more information.

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