Representations of Disability & Diversity in U.S. Film
Path 2 Groups

 

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"You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point
of seeing through something is to see something through it" (81).
C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man (1943)

Path 2 Options / Path 2 Groups


Path 2 Options (3 students each)

All Path 2 films available for rent or purchase
at amazon.com as of June 16 '22, unless otherwise noteed

SWAP out Lady Bird for something and reorganize?
Film #1
Film #2
Grp 1: Institutional Life

Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990)

Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010)
Grp 2: Layered Disabilities

Arthur Penn’s The Miracle Worker (1962)

David MacKenzie’s Perfect Sense (2011)
Grp 3: Disability & Faith

Albert & Allen Hughes's The Book of Eli (2010)

Tommy Lee Jones's The Sunset Limited (2011)
Grp 4: Craniofacial Difference
 David Lynch’s The Elephant Man(1980)

Joel Schumacher’s The Phantom of the Opera (2005)
Grp 5: Supercrips

Fred Zinnemann’s Eyes in the Night(1942)

Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class (2011)
Grp 6: Autism Spectrum

Mick Jackson's Temple Grandin (2010)

Sia's Music (2021)
Grp 7: Cognitive Disability
 Garry Marshall's The Other Sister (1999)

Michael Schwartz’s and Tyler Nilson’s The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Grp 8: Actors with Disability
 William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Sien Heder’s Coda (2021) / 7-day trial of Apple+
Grp 9: Mental Illness (Depression)
 Jodie Foster's The Beaver (2011)

David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Grp 10: Vision Impairment
 Milton Katselas’ Butterflies Are Free(1972)

Martin Brest's Scent of a Woman (1992)
Grp 11: Chronic Illness
 Bruce Rubin’s My Life(1993)

Justin Baldoni’s Five Feet Apart (2019)
Grp 12: Suspicion of Disability
 James Horner's The Forgotten (2004)

Jeff Nichol's Take Shelter (2011)
Grp 13: Performing Disability

Mel Gibson's The Man Without a Face (1993)

Jodi Foster's The Beaver (2011)

 

Path 2 Groups (3 students each)
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Grp 1: Institutional Life
 Emma Horn
Nathan Chapman
Elias Saliba 		Joseph Donohue
Wyatt Colburn
Grp 2: Layered Disabilities
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student name
student name		 student name
student name
student name
Grp 3: Disability & Faith
 student name
student name
student name		 Gabby Miller
Drew Chapman
Nick Waizenegger
Grp 4: Craniofacial Difference
 student name
student name
student name		 Mia Betker
Austin Boersma
Olivia Wagner
Grp 5: Supercrips
 Camden Cavill
Dominic Delamora
Trevor Loe 		Jamie Zimmerman
student name
student name
Grp 6: Autism Spectrum
Dani Stock
Kline Nickel
Presley Bender 		student name
student name
student name
Grp 7: Cognitive Disability
 Elizabeth Acevedo
Ellie Meres Simon 		Trevor Topham
Christian Achkar
Grp 8: Actors with Disability
 Sydney Lehr
Victoria Bochniak
Abbott Swanson 		Harmon Yanikian-Sutton
Gabriel Garfias
John Burkhart
Grp 9: Mental Illness (Depression)
 Abigail Klemesrud
Laura Denney 		Hannah Rost
Max Erl
Kristin Manalo
Grp 10: Vision Impairment
 student name
student name
student name		 student name
student name
student name
Grp 11: Chronic Illness
 Kinsale Sproule
Cecilia Espinosa
Brittany Trinh		 Jena Lee
Ryan Wendt
Soren Paetau
Grp 12: Suspicion of Disability
 student name
student name
student name		 student name
student name
student name
Grp 13: Performing Disability
 student name
student name
student name		 student name
student name
student name


In the foreground is an expanse of water. In the background, a machine sitting on the shore and a woman seated leaning against a tree facing awya into the distance. Gentle green and light brown and black tones
The Blind Man's Meal (1903)
Pablo Picasso


Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu