Busting the Bias presents

Special People

+ Q&A with director Justin Edgar and actors Dominic Coleman & David Proud

Enlisted to teach a class of wheelchair-users about filmmaking, neurotic Jasper gets a little more than he bargained for.

  • Director

    Justin Edgar

  • With

    Dominic Coleman, Robyn Frampton, Sasha Hardway, Jason Maza, David Proud

  • UK 2007. 74min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    12A

Hailed in The Guardian as a ‘milestone in mainstream cinema’, Special People is a British comedy from the pioneering production company 104 Films. It questions condescending outreach projects, self-defeating attitudes within the disabled community and the vacuity of the film business, all with a sly wink and a healthy helping of self-parody. Contemporary censorship of its disability themes resulted in it receiving widespread press coverage.

Audio Description will be available at this screening.

BSL and live captioning will be available for the intro and Q&A.

This is a Relaxed screening event, with environmental adjustments made to sound and lighting. This screening will be presented with subtitles, including descriptions of non-dialogue audio.

Relaxed screenings are presented each month for neurodivergent audiences, with their companions and assistants. More detailed information can be found at bfi.org.uk/relaxed.

Tickets £13, concessions £11.20 (Members pay £2 less).