Imagine watching a hearing impaired ballerina deliver a time-perfect performance.
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This was the idea behind a new short film which focuses on ability, rather than disability.
Young film maker Georgia Cramp, 16, from Woodville is a finalist in the Focus on Ability Film Festival.
She entered her piece called L’iare into the open category of the festival, which is aimed at raising awareness of the value of people with a disability.
“I have been forever saying I would really like to do something in film,” Georgia said.
“This is my second film and I got the idea from a documentary about how ballerinas keep in time with the music.
“It made me think, what if you couldn’t hear the music?
“So I made a film about a ballerina with a hearing impairment.”
Georgia shot the film at her mother’s East Maitland dance school, Dance Headquarters.
The school has a long history of providing classes for and working with people that have disabilities.
“I have grown up around people with disabilities and I don’t understand why people think of them as different,” she said.
“They are the same as all of us.
“This is very important to me.”
The All Saints College, St Mary’s Campus, Maitland high school student needs the community’s help to win a prize at the film festival.
The judges will choose a winner and viewers will choose a winner, based on online votes.
Visit www.focusonability.com.au/ online to watch and vote for Georgia’s film L’iare.
“Please vote,” she said.