As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport is often either the subject of an unwanted gaze — gawked at by strangers — or paradoxically rendered invisible, ignored or dismissed by society. The arrival of a circus tent just outside his apartment prompts him to consider the history and legacy of the freak show, in which individuals who were deemed atypical were put on display for the amusement and shock of a paying public. Contemplating how this relates to his own filmmaking practice, which explicitly foregrounds disability, Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world from his wheelchair without having to be seen himself.
Reid Davenport
Keith Wilson
Reid Davenport
Reid Davenport
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I Didn't See You There wins 2022 Sundance Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
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I Didn't See You There wins SFFILM GGA McBaine Bay Area Documentary Feature Award
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True/False audience cheers for I Didn't See You There
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Ajna Films