Annie Dearest: The Real Miracle Worker (2002)

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(8:20) Written by Terry Galloway and Donna Marie Nudd. Directed by Terry Galloway and Diane Wilkins. Starring Donna Marie Nudd, Jessica Altomaro and Terry Galloway (2001). Diane Wilkins Productions and Faust Films. Re-edited and additional scenes shot, Spring 2002.

Desciption

Comedy short, black and white parody of classic film, The Miracle Worker, which originally starred Anne Bancroft as Anne Sullivan and Patty Duke as Helen Keller. Parody followed by a mock apologia by Terry Galloway.

“Annie Dearest”, has won major awards at International Festivals, was very favorably reviewed by BBC online and selected as one of the world’s 25 most “outstanding disability-themed films” produced in “the last five years” by Disability World.

Showings

• Reel Eyes Films: Disability, Identity, and Society; the Disability Rights Movement; Representations in Popular Culture .” University of Alaska Campus. Anchorage, Alaska. 15 March 2006.
• “Chicago Deaf and Disability Film Festival,” an anchor event of the “Bodies of Work: The Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture.” Claudia Cassidy Theatre. Chicago: 26-30 April 2006.
• “Opening Night Screenings.” Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival. Long Island University. Brooklyn, NY. 22-24 July 2005.
• Don’t Just Stay Home : Cinema Sensibilities on Disability. Film Festival at the University of Oregon Knight Law Center and the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA); University of Oregon, Eugene. 21 April 2005.
• “Should We Be Laughing At This?: Guilty Reactions to the New Disability Humor.” Plenary Session. Southern Communication Association Convention. Baton Rouge, LA. 2 April 2005.
• “Exploring our Community: History, Culture, Community & Pride, Metropolitan Center for Independent Living,” Spruce Tree Building, Minneapolis, MN, 25^th February 2005.
• Real Pride XI. Imax Theatre. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 24 November 2004.
• “Breaking Down Barriers: II Disability Film Festival . Saluyt Movie
• Theatre (Blue Hall). Moscow. 13 November 2004.

• “Act I: The Ethics of Accomodation: Disability and Artistic Collaboration,”. Disability Studies Program, University of Illinois. Chicago, IL. 11 November 2004.
• Reel Life. Disability Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 23 October 2004.
• “Laughing With Us: Comedy and Disabilit”y Festival . Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY. 15-17, October 2004.
• “Queer Looks” Program. 12^th International Women’s Film Festival Feminale. Cologne, Germany. 8 October 2004.
• “First Crush” Program. Berlin Lesbian Film Festival. Berlin, Germany. 8 October 2004.
• “Tales of Lust & Camp” Program. 15^th Tampa Interantional Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Tampa, FL. 8 October 2004.
• Annual Pikes Peak Lavendar Film Festival. Colorado Springs, CO. 19 September 2004.
• “Lipschtick” Program. 28^th San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. San Francisco, CA. 20 June 2004.
• Abilities Festival: Projections Film Festival. University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada. 3-6 June 2004.
• Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Feminism, Television, Video , New Media and Audio. Tulane University. New Orleans, LA. 30 May- 2 June, 2004.
• “Celebrating Disability Culture” Program. 14^th Annual Herland Film and Video Festival.Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, Canada. 4 May 2004.
• “ Galloway’s Disability Humor.” Grazier Lecture. Communication Department, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL. 16 April 2004.
• “Visual Sounds,” and “Challenging Films for Adults Only” Programs. Picture This! Film Festival. Rozsa Centre. University of Calgary. Alberta, Calgary, Canada. 10 February 2004 and 11 February 2004.
• “Retour D’Image,” Paris Disability Film Festival. Paris, France. 5 December 2003.
• “Twisted and Bent” Program. Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Seattle, WA. 18 October 2003.
• “Fairy God Monsters” Program. North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Carolina Theatre, Durham, NC. 9 August 2003.
• “Wicked Humor” 9^th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Philadelphia, PN. 20 July 2003.
• Superfest XXIII, International Media Festival on Disabilities. Pena Cultural Center. Berkeley, CA. 8 June 2003.
• “Lifting the Lid” Program. 5^th Disability Film Festival. The National Film Theatre. London, England. 9 June 2003.
• Gay Shame Conference. Univ. of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 28 March 2003.
• Mickee Faust Cabaret. BlackBox Theatre, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 1 February 2003.
• Faust Video Night. Mickee Faust Clubhouse. Tallahassee, FL 2-3 August 2002.
• "Shorts" Program and "Mommie Dearest Roast" Program. 2nd Annual Summer Fruit Festival. Austin, TX. 23-29 June 2002.
• SDS (Society for Disability Studies). San Francisco, CA. 7 June 2002
• “All Girl Action.” QD (Queer Disability). San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. 2 June 2002.
• “ The Mickee Faust Club Cabaret: Fourteen Years in the Bible Belt Without Buckling Under." National Communication Association. Atlanta, GA. 3 November 2001.
• Mickee Faust Superstar . Mickee Faust Club. Railroad Square. 6-7 and 13-14 April 2001.

Awards

• “Festival Winner: Performance under 10 minutes by a Filmmaker with a Disability” Picture This! Film Festival, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. (2004)
• “Honorable Mention: Performance Under 10 minutes ON a subject of disability.” Picture This! Film Festival, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. (2004)

Jury Members noted. . .

“Music was wonderful in setting the tone of the piece, contrary to the content” “very funny! Fire hose was great!” “good parody” “wicked, cutting and politically incorrect…really liked it!” “captions are wonderful” “compelling” “rather self indulgent at the end-the drama part was funny” “Helen Keller bit was hilarious” “I did like this… although its black humor challenges the ‘political correctness’ of our current sociopolitical world,” “intelligent, funny” “humorous and insightful” “great performance.” (http://www.picturethisfestival.org/a/mainframe2.htm, accessed 22 September 2006.

• Spirit Award. Superfest International Media Festival on Disabilities (2003)
• Award of Excellence. Superfest International Media Festival on Disabilities (2003)

Reviews

• Ansell, Kate. “The Fifth Disability Film Festival:5-8 June” Rev. of The Fifth Disability Film Festival London, England. 5-8 June 2004 Ouch: BBC.co.UK, 25 January 2005. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/filmfest.shtml)
• Duncan, Barbara. “Recent Award Winning Disability Films from around the World.” Disability World. No21. 21 November-December 2003. (http://www.disabilityworld.org/11-12_03/arts/films.shtml)