uodsp: FW: Award-winning PBS film on disability & technology, excellent tool for the classroom

Mon Oct 17 12:44:59 PDT 2016

UO library owns this film.

Judith Raiskin
Associate Professor
Women’s and Gender Studies
University of Oregon
raiskin at uoregon.edu

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Heidi von Ravensberg <hvr at uoregon.edu> wrote:
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> Has anyone watched this film? Opinions?
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> From: Regan Brashear [mailto:Regan_Brashear at mail.vresp.com]
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> [As seen on PBS]<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MakingChangeMedia/376aea482e/779ea5a97b/92cd0034ce/utm_content=Heidi%20von&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Award-winning%20PBS%20film%20on%20disability%20%26%20technology%2C%20excellent%20tool%20for%20the%20classroom>
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> ***As seen on PBS***
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> ✮✮✮½ stars
> "Highly recommended."
> – Video Librarian
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> *Winner of “Top 10 DVDs of the Year”
> – School Library Journal
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> Dear Professor,
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> From botox to bionic limbs, the human body is more “upgradeable” than ever. Award-winning documentary Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement rethinks disability and normalcy by exploring technologies that promise to change our bodies and minds forever.
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> If you teach in Science & Technology Studies, Medical Humanities, Biomedical Ethics, Disability Studies or Bioengineering -- or your classes cover the social or ethical implications of emerging biotechnologies -- consider adding Fixed to your syllabi.
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> Already 500+ universities and organizations—including Columbia, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt, and the United Nations—have added this interdisciplinary teaching tool to their collections.
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> Fixed is reaching audiences far and wide:
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>  *   TV broadcast: with over 1,600 telecasts on PBS stations around the country, Fixed has been made available to 255 million viewers so far. The film has also been broadcast on public television in Canada, Mexico, Vietnam, and Thailand.
>  *   Film Festivals: Fixed has screened in over 30 film festivals in 16 countries, winning three festival awards.
>  *   Conferences: we have presented Fixed at over 16 academic and professional conferences, serving as a keynote film or special event at 8 of these. The University of Rochester even created a day-long symposium based on Fixed, called "Complicating Normalcy: Disability, Technology and Society in the 21st Century."
>  *   College Campuses: dozens of campuses have brought us to screen the film for their students, and many more have hosted their own campus events or used the film in their classes.
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> Invite your university librarian to order Fixed today, and please let us know<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MakingChangeMedia/376aea482e/779ea5a97b/006e9e9c95> how you're using the film in your classes and on your campuses.
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> [Watch the Fixed trailer]<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MakingChangeMedia/376aea482e/779ea5a97b/85ade5b852/utm_content=Heidi%20von&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Award-winning%20PBS%20film%20on%20disability%20%26%20technology%2C%20excellent%20tool%20for%20the%20classroom>
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> Order it here<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MakingChangeMedia/376aea482e/779ea5a97b/c1c12bdc73/utm_content=Heidi%20von&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Order%20it%20here&utm_campaign=Award-winning%20PBS%20film%20on%20disability%20%26%20technology%2C%20excellent%20tool%20for%20the%20classroom> or call 888-367-9154. You can also look forward to a free discussion guide coming out this fall. If you have questions or would like a free preview<mailto:info at fixedthemovie.com?subject=Requesting%20a%20free%20preview%20of%20FIXED&body=Hello%2C%20%0AI%20would%20like%20a%20free%20preview%20of%20FIXED%20to%20see%20if%20it's%20a%20good%20fit%20for%20my%20classes.%20%0ABest%2C%20%0AProfessor> of the film, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
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> Warmly,
> Regan Brashear, Producer/Director
> Making Change Media
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> PS: We are having a back-to-school special: 15% off by using the promo code "FIXD15<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?MakingChangeMedia/376aea482e/779ea5a97b/269083b3bb/utm_content=Heidi%20von&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=FIXD15&utm_campaign=Award-winning%20PBS%20film%20on%20disability%20%26%20technology%2C%20excellent%20tool%20for%20the%20classroom>" until October 31st—a savings of over $40 for your university!
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> Reflections on
> Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement
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> "An ethical and philisophical mind-bender..."
> – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
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> "Fixed brilliantly places the voices of disability, queer, and critical race scholars and social justice advocates who would have us pay attention to inequality and discrimination and common humanity next to the voices of transhumanists and prosthetic and enhancement enthusiasts who believe that their work portends a desirable more than human future in a way that does justice to each position. This is exactly the kind of conversation that all of our students should be exposed to as we navigate a world of new technologies.
> Highly recommended for classes in Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies, Science & Technology Studies, Anthropology, and American Studies."
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> – Charis Thompson, Chancellor's Professor & Chair of Women's & Gender Studies at UC Berkeley
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> “The film marked an absolutely pivotal moment in my own students' understanding of the stakes of enhancement,
> as well as disability and embodiment.”
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> – Tammy Berberi, Past President of the
> Society for Disability Studies
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> "An authoritative exposé on the use of technology in the quest for physical perfection."
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> – Fariba Houman, Director, Human Research Protections Program, Mass. Eye and Ear Hospital
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> "The greatest paradox of cutting edge technologies is their potential to help and hurt humanity. Fixed is a fixture on my syllabus precisely because it allows viewers to wrestle with this paradox in a thoughtful and grounded way. Without fail, my students draw upon the film again and again throughout the semester, in class discussions, reading responses, and final papers, connecting its themes to course texts and contemporary events.
> I could not ask for more from a teaching tool!"
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> – Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University, author of People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier
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> "Fixed is a very smart and funny film that introduces us to both disabled and nondisabled people who use technology to make their lives work better.  It asks important questions about the equitable distribution of resources in providing technology to people, about what are the proper and fair uses of technology, what is enhancement and what is compensation in technology use, what motivates us and frustrates us to use technology in our lives, what having disabilities means to us and how we navigate the world when we become disabled.
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> Fixed is terrifically teachable because it raises questions rather than handing down answers about the important ethical questions the film so beautifully, smartly and effectively presents to us."
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> – Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Professor of English and Bioethics, Founding Co-Director, Disability Studies Initiative, Emory University
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> Now available via Streaming & DVD
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> Ideal for classes in:
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>  *   Medical Humanities
>  *   Disability Studies
>  *   Biomedical Ethics
>  *   Sociology
>  *   Science & Technology Studies
>  *   Genetic Counseling
>  *   Gender Studies
>  *   Women's Studies
>  *   Education
>  *   Bioengineering
>  *   Genetics
>  *   Anthropology
>  *   Performance Studies
>  *   Legal Studies
>  *   Philosophy
>  *   Public Policy
>  *   Psychology
>  *   Medicine
>  *   Social Work
>  *   Disability resource centers
>  *   Campus activity centers
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> Film facts:
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>  *   60 mins
>  *   DVDs broken into 12 chapters for ease in the classroom
>  *   Includes audio description
>  *   Closed captions
>  *   Descriptive subtitles in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese
>  *   Grades 8-12, College, Adult
>  *   ISBN#978-1-57448-483-0
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> Contact us<mailto:info at fixedthemovie.com?subject=Info%20about%20booking%20a%20campus%20visit%20and%20screening> to book a screening at your campus!
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> www.fixedthemovie.com<http://www.fixedthemovie.com>
> Tel: (510) 470-0413
> Email: info at fixedthemovie.com<mailto:info at company.com>
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