Young Woodville film maker Georgia Cramp is using her camera to focus on what people with disabilities can do – not what they can’t do.
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The 16-year-old’s short film, L’iare, has been selected as a finalist in the open category of the national Focus on Ability Film Festival.
Focus on Ability is a festival aimed at doing just that – highlighting all the ways people with disabilities overcome obstacles and perform tasks that other people perform.
Georgia’s six-minute film tells the story of a young ballerina who dances despite a severe hearing impairment, which means she cannot hear the music.
We see the main character struggle to find her rhythm in the rehearsal room at first, before she overcomes her obstacle and learns to dance by feeling the music’s vibrations.
Georgia not only deserves the support of the Maitland community as a young artist making the most of her talent, but also for the contribution this short film makes to public conversation about people with a disability in the Hunter.
To her, people with disabilities are no different to anyone else.
This attitude is refreshing given the common negative connotations that are often unfairly lumped onto people with a disability.
Even the term disability has negative implications and does no justice to the way people like the ballerina in Georgia’s film find a way to do the things they enjoy, contribute to society and be happy.
Voting is open until next Monday (August 10) and Georgia says she needs the Maitland community behind her to have a shot at the top accolade – it’s as simple as the click of a computer mouse.
Visit www.focusonability.com.au and search L’iare to watch Georgia’s heart-warming short film and vote for her to win the category.
