Including Samuel Airing on PBS

Including Samuel, a nationally acclaimed documentary by Dan Habib of the Institute on Disability/UCEDD at the University of New Hampshire, will be broadcast nationwide on public television stations.

Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib's award-winning documentary film, Including Samuel, honestly chronicles the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives. The film also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with dozens of teachers, young people, parents and disability rights experts.

Including Samuel is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion.

Including Samuel has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Good Morning American NOW and in the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. Exceptional Parent magazine said “Including Samuel is a must see film.” The film won the Positive Images in Media award from TASH, an international group committed to the full inclusion of people with disabilities. The film was also screened at the Sprout Film Festival at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) and named “Best Documentary” at the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival. The global aid group Mercy Corps is using the film to support the Iraqi disability rights movement.

The film will air on PBS affiliates in September and October (Disability Awareness Month), 2009, with support from the National Inclusion Project and CVS Caremark All Kids Can. OETA will air Including Samuel on October 20, 2009.

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