On Screen/In Person Film Series: Code of the Freaks – FREE
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Doors: 5:45pm | Performance: 6:15pm
A radical reframing of the use of disabled characters in film, gathering hundreds of clips from over a century of Hollywood favorites – viewed with a fresh perspective by on-the-ground disability activists, artists, and scholars. Taking its title from Tod Browning’s 1932 classic, Code of the Freaks counters formulaic “inspiration porn” with a powerful corrective, daring to imagine a cinematic landscape that centers the voices of disabled people.
Panel Discussion @ 6:15 PM | Film Screening @ 7:00 PM | Post-Show Q&A with Director Salome Chasnoff
Presented in partnership with the MU Disability Film Festival & MU Learning Institute.