Last spring, I attended the Sprout Film Festival at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan with a good friend. The festival features films starring individuals with developmental disabilities (in some cases, the actors also write the screenplays and participate in production). I loved it. Find a list of films here at www.GoSprout.org. They also have a commercial site where you can buy or rent films (www.Sproutflix.org). The quality of the acting and production is very high and many of the stories are startling in their honesty.
The Performing Arts Studio West is a professional group that trains and represents actors with disabilities, so that they can portray characters with disabilities on TV and in film. The documentary "Acting Normal" (see the GoSprout site for more information) is about the group's efforts to make sure that trained actors are available and cast for roles where they can give the best representation for the story.
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