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    Code of the Freaks

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    Poster of the movie Code of the Freaks
    2020     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 8min

    The film presents a radical reframing of the use of disabled characters in film. Using hundreds of clips spanning over 100 years of moviemaking, and a cast of disabled artists, scholars and activists, it's a scorching critique of some of Hollywood's most beloved characters. This revelatory documentary investigates the power of movie imagery to shape the beliefs and behaviors of the general public toward disabled people, and of disabled people toward themselves. Drawing its title from a line from Tod Browning's notorious 1932 film, Freaks, Code of the Freaks debunks well-worn tropes -- the miracle cure, the blind guy driving a car, the magical little people, the face-feelers, the sexless, the better off dead -- and brings an entirely fresh perspective. It dares to imagine a cinematic landscape that centers the voices of disabled people.

    Directed bySalome Chasnoff
    Written bySusan Nussbaum, Alyson Patsavas, Carrie Sandahl
    CompanyKino LorberKino LorberKino Lorber

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