Tag: disabilities
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Publication: “Kenny” (Fiche cinéma) – Retour d’image
In Kenny (The Kid Brother), Claude Gagnon depicts the true story of Kenny Easterday, a 13-year-old boy born without the lower half of his body and playing his own role. Through a cinematographic approach that blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality, the film reveals the daily life of a child whose greatest challenge is…
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Presentation: Fictional Disability in Artistic Science Fiction (April 2, 2025)
From Crash (1996) to Alita: Battle Angel (2019), via Avatar (2009), science fiction cinema has increasingly featured characters with simulated disabilities, reflecting a growing fascination with altered, hybrid, or augmented bodies at the intersection of eroticism, power, and technology. This talk explored how photographers Helmut Newton and Joel-Peter Witkin have created fictional representations that serve as critical tools for questioning norms,…