The Ride Ahead
This remarkable festival favorite follows Samuel, ready to launch into adulthood like any 21-year-old and seeking guidance from America's most rebellious disability activists. Discussion follows.
Samuel Habib is a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career and find love. But no one tells you how to be an adult, let alone an adult with a disability. Determined to find his path forward, he seeks out guidance from America's most rebellious disability activists. Will they empower him to launch the bold adult life he craves?
Disabled stories are rarely shown on screen, let alone told by disabled people themselves. The Ride Ahead allows Samuel to tell his own complex story, largely through the viewpoint of two GoPros attached to his wheelchair. One points towards Samuel and his extraordinarily expressive face, the other films the world as he sees it. We see Samuel's communication process as he crafts language through slow labored speech that is then programmed into his communication device.
The film showcases a communication style and vantage point that is almost never portrayed in media, as the majority of the production and outreach crew for the film are disabled people. The Ride Ahead captures the power of finding mentors and membership in a community, for sustaining a strong sense of self in transition to adult challenges, and for building solidarity in an ableist world.
Co-sponsored by Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, Special Needs Support Center and Zack's Place
D: Dan Habib and Samuel Habib, US, 2024, 1h33m, Open Captions
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