{"id":245454,"date":"2024-03-01T16:46:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/?p=245454"},"modified":"2024-03-01T21:36:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T21:36:53","slug":"imperfect-a-film-that-perfectly-captures-actors-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/blog\/imperfect-a-film-that-perfectly-captures-actors-with-disabilities","title":{"rendered":"\u201cImperfect\u201d \u2013 A Film That Perfectly Captures Actors With Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201c<\/em>Imperfect<em>\u201d<\/em> is a new, award-winning documentary that follows a professional ensemble of actors with disabilities as they go through the process of casting, rehearsing, and performing the musical \u201cChicago.\u201d It is both difficult and rewarding for them.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film spotlights <a href=\"https:\/\/phamaly.org\/\">Phamaly<\/a> (pronounced family), a \u201cdisability-affirmative theater company\u201d based in Denver. It shows a diverse ensemble of actors, each navigating their individual disability \u2014 from spinal cord injuries to Parkinson\u2019s Disease, cerebral palsy to autism. Their mission is to bring the magic of \u201cChicago\u201d to life, defying expectations and celebrating their passion for the stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-directed by Regan Linton, the documentary also prominently features her as a main character. Her commitment to the project is intense: \u201cI feel like every cell in my body was involved with this film from start to finish, at all levels. It was a labor of love of the best kind.\u201d Linton\u2019s personal journey intersects with the other actors, creating a powerful narrative that comes through on screen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won the People\u2019s Choice award at the Denver Film Festival in 2021, and has been nominated for several other awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cImperfect\u201d premiered digitally last month and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100013831\/imperfect\">available to stream<\/a> on various platforms and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MRKfrkXJr68\">YouTube<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An award-winning documentary that follows a professional ensemble of actors with disabilities performing the musical \u201cChicago.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":245466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245454"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245476,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245454\/revisions\/245476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}