Free Documentary Screening: Deej
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
Description:
Virginia Tech's Department of Human Development in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences presents a free documentary screening of "Deej" on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at The Lyric Theatre.

Deej is a 2017 documentary about autism and inclusion. A nonspeaking young man dreams of autistic civil rights. With its insider view of autism, Deej challenges us all to live inclusion.

Abandoned by his birth parents and presumed incompetent, DJ Savarese (“Deej”) found not only a loving family, but also a life in words, which he types on a text-to-voice synthesizer. As he makes his way through high school and dreams of college, he confronts the terrors of his past, society's obstacles to inclusion, and the sometimes paralyzing beauty of his own senses. In his advocacy on behalf of other nonspeaking autistics, he embraces filmmaking and poetry, and discovers what having a voice can truly mean.

For more information about the film, visit: https://www.deejmovie.com/ or http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5634002/.

There will be a discussion with Resource Table in the lobby intermediately following film.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

For more information, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/lyric.blacksburg or call 540-951-4771.
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