See the article about Adrian in this morning’s Democrat & Chronicle.
We Can Shine
In his search to understand his own disability, Asperger’s Syndrome, 21 year-old Rochester filmmaker Adrian Esposito explores what it would have been like for him, had he been born in 1944. The documentary interlaces the agonizing footage reporter Geraldo Rivera captured in 1972 at Willowbrook State School with contemporary interviews with survivors and self-advocates. It culminates with sequences of the achievements of modern-day people with developmental disabilities.
Prior to the film there will be a musical performance by local singer/songwriter Connie Deming, who is often inspired by her own son, who is diagnosed with autism.
Director Adrian Esposito will be in attendance.
