ReelFilm Night 4

Name: ReelFilm Night 4
Start: 2025-02-19T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-19T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Landmark's River Oaks Theatre

Schedule

Wed Feb 19 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Landmark's River Oaks Theatre | Houston, TX

FREE EVENT
6:30 PM: Doors Open
7:00 PM: Opening Remarks
7:15 PM: Screening of Films
8:20 PM: Talkback with Keith Wasserman- Star of Dear Ani and ReelArt 2025 Featured Artist
Join ReelAbilities Houston for night 4 of ReelFilm 2025 as we look into the lives and struggles of two incredible men with remarkable talents and stories.
‍Screenings will be followed by a talkback with this year's featured artist and star of the film "Dear Ani" Keith Wasserman
To My Father
Disability Represented: Deafness, Paralysis
Director: Sean Schiavolin
Description: In March 2022, Troy Kotsur became the first Deaf man to win the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for CODA. During his emotional acceptance speech, Troy paid tribute to his dad, his “hero”. To My Father is the story of Troy’s father’s influence on him beyond the speech that moved millions.
Dear Ani
Disability Represented: Mental Illness, Mental Health
Director: Micah Levin
Description: More than 20 years ago, an aspiring songwriter, Keith Wasserman, began a creatively obsessive correspondence with music icon Ani DiFranco, believing her reply letters were encoded in the lyrics of her songs. Dear Ani is an odyssey of music, art, and mania.