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May 3, 2023: Champions Screening and Q&A with Athenea Mata (Actress) and Javier Fesser (Director)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Spanish film Champions (CAMPEONES)<\/em> tells the heart-warming tale of how Marco, a selfish, self-absorbed basketball coach, changes for the better after being forced to work with a rag-tag group of individuals with intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n

Light refreshments will be served in the SCM Lobby at 4:30PM. The screening will begin at 5:00PM followed by a Q&A session at 7:15PM.<\/p>\n

This event is sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Dance and ReelAbilities NJ Film Festival.<\/p>\n

The ReelAbilities NJ \u2013 2023 Film Festival is brought to you by the Office of Education and Community Outreach<\/a> (OECO) in the College of the Arts<\/a> at Montclair State University and is made possible by a generous grant from Kessler Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

April 1, 2023: Ali Stroker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ali Stroker won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as \u2018Ado Annie\u2019 in Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s Oklahoma! She\u2019s a series regular in the Netflix series, Echoes, and she recently starred in the Lifetime holiday film, Christmas Ever After. She made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway in Deaf West\u2019s acclaimed 2015 revival of Spring Awakening. Ali recurred in the final season of Netflix\u2019s Ozark<\/em> and is in her second season recurring in Hulu\u2019s Only Murders in the Building<\/em>. She co-wrote the 2021 novel, The Chance to Fly<\/em>, and she wrote the 2022 children\u2019s book, Ali and the Sea Stars<\/em>. This past summer, she was featured as \u2018Lady Anne\u2019 in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Richard III<\/em>. She\u2019s performed her cabaret act at New York\u2019s Green Room 42 and solo\u2019ed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, New York\u2019s Town Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Carnegie Hall. Her mission to improve the lives of others through the arts is captured in her motto: \u201cTurning Your Limitations Into Your Opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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March 30, 2023 – April 1, 2023: ReelAbilities Film Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ReelAbilities New Jersey celebrates the lives, stories, and artistic abilities of people with all types of disabilities through award-winning short and feature-length films.<\/p>\n

The ReelAbilities Film Festival runs from Thursday, March 30, to Saturday, April 1, 2023. Films can either be screened in-person at Kean University or viewed virtually from home.<\/p>\n

North Avenue Academic Center [NAAB]
\n1000 Morris Avenue (at the corner of North Ave.)
\nUnion, NJ 07083<\/p>\n

A talkback and Q&A session will follow all screenings.<\/p>\n