The Frog Princes, a documentary that follows the production of an original musical mounted by Concordia's Centre for the Arts in Human Development, will be screened several times in spring 2012.
The Frog Princes is a moving story of the personal transformation that highlights the accomplishments, both theatrical and personal, of the cast members of an original play mounted by the Faculty of Fine Arts' Centre for the Arts in Human Development. The Frog and the Princess: A Musical Ecodrama, which featured participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was designed to be both creative and therapeutic.
The film, produced by award-winning Eyesteel Film and directed by Ryan Mullins (BFA 05, Film Studies) and Omar Majeed, was shown on March 26 by Cinema Politica at Concordia University's Hall Building. After the presentation, the cast members participated in a question-and-answer session. The Cinema Politica screening was a fundraiser for the Centre for the Arts in Human Development's next play, an original musical theatre production to be performed in June 2012.
The Frog Princes will also make its way to two film festivals in April and May. The documentary will be shown the Sprout Film Festival in New York on April 27 and at Toronto's Hot Docs on April 29, May 1 and 5. In Toronto, The Frog Princes will be preceded the world premiere of Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema faculty member Shira Avni's Petra's Poem.
The Centre for the Arts in Human Development is an educational, clinical and research centre serving adults with developmental disabilities and other special needs populations. Unique in Canada, the Centre uses four types of creative arts therapies to promote autonomy, improve self-confidence and social skills, and enhance overall quality of life for its participants. It is operated under the auspices of the Department of Creative Arts Therapies in the Faculty of Fine Arts.
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