NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Monday, February 24^th 2014– It was announced today that the award-winning new documentary A Whole Lott More will have its New York Gala Premiere on Monday, March 10^th, at 6:30 p.m., as part of ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival, at the JCC in Manhattan located at 334 Amsterdam Ave at West 76^th street.

 The Premiere screening will be introduced by Emmy-nominee Victor Buhler, the director of A Whole Lott More, and by Wanda Huber, who is featured prominently in the film.

 Following the screening, Tamsen Fadal Emmy-winning anchor, PIX 11 News, will moderate a Q&A with Executive Producer Loreen Arbus, President & CEO of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, Inc., Jacqueline Conley Director, Program Services, United Cerebral Palsy of New York City and John Sasso, Assistant Director, IT Services, Northeast AccessAbilities Leader, Ernst & Young, LLP.

 A Whole Lott More has already won the Audience Awards at both the Toronto HotDocs Festival and the Indie Memphis Film Festival, and Best Documentary at theCincinnati Film Festival.

 Indiewire has said that A Whole Lott More is "Surprising, compelling... the most complex examination of the financial crisis and contemporary capitalism this year."

 About A Whole Lott More:

A Whole Lott More began when director Victor Buhler, motivated by a car accident that left him in a wheelchair, decided to tell the powerful story of an Ohio company that hired primarily workers with disabilities, yet had been able to compete for decades, until the collapse of the auto industry gave the company a year to reinvent itself and find new contracts or close down.  A Whole Lott More examines work and disability through new perspectives, revealing the struggles of over 8 million people in America with developmental disabilities to join the work force. It is a film about the great spirit of the American worker, about the economy, and about three unforgettable characters - who happen to have a developmental disability - and their quest for a job.

 

A Whole Lott More will also have three other screenings:

• Hunter College - March 6^th at 7:00 p.m.
• The Actor's Fund in Brooklyn - March 10^th at 7:00 p.m.
• Jacob Burns Center (Pleasantville, NY) - March 13^th at 7:30 p.m.

To purchase tickets to the New York Premiere of A Whole Lott More at the

ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival or additional screenings on March 6 and March 10^th go to:

 http://newyork.reelabilities.org/films/view/a-whole-lott-more

To purchase tickets to the Jacob Burns Center screening on March 13, go to:

http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org/films/buy-tickets?date=1394683200

 

For Media, RSVP is required for the Premiere and all screenings as seating is limited. Please RSVP to Paul Nugent at JGPR: paul@jamesgrantpr.com.

 

"A WHOLE LOTT MORE" (2013, 82 minutes, US/UK). Directed/Produced by Victor Buhler. Produced by Mike Lerner. Executive Producers: Loreen Arbus, Maxyne Franklin, Nick Quested, and Christina Willoughby.

 

Watch the trailer at http://bit.ly/AWLMTrailer

What is the largest minority in the world?

The answer might surprise you. It's people with disabilities.

• 70% of working age Americans with disabilities are outside the workforce.

• 10 million Americans with disabilities, of working age and outside the work force, contributes significantly to the fact that taxpayers spend more than 350 billion each year supporting this population.
• These percentages have not changed even 1% since 1990 when the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) was passed.

About the ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival

The largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY by the JCC in Manhattan in 2007, the festival presents award-winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.
http://www.reelabilities.org/

For additional information about A Whole Lott More, please visit the film's website at http://awholelottmore.com/.