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INTELLIGENT LIVES

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INTELLIGENT LIVES will open theatrically for a full week run in New York on Friday, September 21 at the Village East Cinema with a national release to follow.

A Documentary Film By: Dan Habib
Narrator: Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper
Executive Producers: Amy Brenneman, Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone
Run Time: 71 Minutes, Documentary, USA

From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT LIVES, a catalyst to transform the label of intellectual disability from a life sentence of isolation into a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America.

INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the shameful and ongoing track record of intelligence testing in the U.S.

INTELLIGENT LIVES challenges what it means to be intelligent, and points to a future in which people of allabilities can fully participate in higher education, meaningful employment and intimate relationships.