“Praying with Lior”: Toward an Inclusive Reimagining of Disability
Ilana Trachtman's film Praying with Lior follows the story of a boy with Down syndrome whose remarkable ability to pray with intention makes him a revered figure in his Jewish community. By analyzing the film's production, narrative, outreach campaign, and press coverage, the author contex...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, disability & health |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2008
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2008, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-36 |
| Further subjects: | B
Down Syndrome
B hypervisibility B Inclusion B mediating disability B outreach campaign B Disability films |
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| Summary: | Ilana Trachtman's film Praying with Lior follows the story of a boy with Down syndrome whose remarkable ability to pray with intention makes him a revered figure in his Jewish community. By analyzing the film's production, narrative, outreach campaign, and press coverage, the author contextualizes the film within a larger genre called disability films. She poses questions about hypervisibility, filmmaker-subject relationships, and mediating disability onscreen. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15228960802073840 |