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I Didn't See You ThereIn-progress, documentary film, 75 min.


Directed by Reid Davenport
Produced by Keith Wilson



As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport is often either the subject of an unwanted gaze — gawked at by strangers — or paradoxically rendered invisible, ignored or dismissed by society. The arrival of a circus tent just outside his apartment prompts him to consider the history and legacy of the freak show, in which individuals who were deemed atypical were put on display for the amusement and shock of a paying public. Contemplating how this relates to his own filmmaking practice, which explicitly foregrounds disability, Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world from his wheelchair without having to be seen himself.

Informed by his position in space, lower to the ground, Davenport captures indelible images, often abstracted into shapes and patterns separate from their meaning. But the circus tent looms in the background, and reality regularly intrudes, from unsolicited offers of help to careless blocking of access ramps. Personal and unflinching, I Didn't See You There forces the viewer to confront the spectacle and invisibility of disability. -- Sundance Film Festival





Support

The film is made possible with generous support from:  

Just Films/Ford Foundation
XTR
DeNovo Initiative
Doc Society New Perspectives Fund
NBCU Original Voices Fellowship
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
Berkeley FILM Fund
SFFILM Rainin Grant to Filmmakers with Disabilities
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Producers Fellowship
Points North Institute
American Stories Documentary Fund & CNN Films
Creative Capital
California Humanities Documentary Project
The Nancy P. and Richard K. Robbins Family Foundation
Bay Area Video Coalition
Big Sky Pitch
The Gotham Film & Media Institute