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Able
2011, 6 minutes

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Country of origin

Scotland

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Colour

Languages

English/English

Subtitle languages

English/English

Content Warnings
ableism
Description

In "Able", Sandra Alland uses stop-motion photography and recorded voice to create a metaphoric and literal vision of barriers to access. The text mixes poetry with benefit applications, border control terminology, and medical and blood donor questionnaires. Notions of disability, race, class, gender and sexuality intersect to ask the question: "Who gets to be 'able'"? Part of Tracey Moberly's Tweet-Me-Up 2012 at Tate Modern. Also screened at VIII Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo (ONCE), Queer City Cinema (Regina) and Pussy Whipped (Edinburgh). Featured in Feral Feminisms (Toronto) and as part of Sandra Alland's multimedia performances in Ottawa, Toronto, Ste Catherines, Cobourg and Edinburgh.

Vimeo. “Able: A Film-Poem by Sandra Alland (2011, Subtitled),” August 16, 2013. https://vimeo.com/72506820.

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