Contact
Natick SEPAC & SPARK KindnessSPARK Kindness
naticksepac@gmail.com
Intelligent Lives:
A Documentary Film Presented by Award-Winning Filmmaker Dan Habib
Mon, October 29 at 7pm at Natick High School
— For the entire community (including high school students)
This documentary film challenges what it means to be intelligent, and shows what we can do to ensure that people of all abilities achieve their full potential in their work and social lives.
— Lead Sponsors: Natick Special Education Parents Advisory Council (SEPAC), Natick Public Schools, Natick is UNITED, SPARK Kindness
About Our Presenter
Dan Habib is the creator of the award-winning documentary films Including Samuel, Who Cares About Kelsey?, Mr. Connolly Has ALS (an IDA nominee for Best Short), Intelligent Lives, and many other films on disability issues. Habib's films have been featured in dozens of film festivals, broadcast internationally, nominated for Emmy awards and translated into 17 languages for worldwide distribution. Habib is a filmmaker at the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability. Habib gave a widely viewed TEDx talk, “Disabling Segregation,” received the Champion of Human and Civil Rights Award from the NEA, and the Justice for All Grassroots Award from the American Association of People with Disabilities. In 2014, Habib was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Habib and his wife, Betsy, live in Concord, NH, with sons Isaiah, 21, and Samuel, 18.