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To raise awareness and celebrate Disability History month, which begins on November 18th, the Library presents a screening of the film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly',  directed by Julian Schnabel...

To raise awareness and celebrate Disability History month, which begins on November 18th, the Library presents a screening of the film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly', directed by Julian Schnabel. Join us at 4 p.m. in the Library Exhibition area on A floor - bring your popcorn!

Poignant drama telling the real-life story of a man left paralysed in the prime of his life who went on to show incredible reserves of spiritual strength to author his memoirs. Once a powerful magazine editor in France, the man was struck down in his 40s by a stroke that left him unable to move a muscle, yet did not affect his mental reflexes. He went on to write his autobiography just by blinking patterns - the only physical activity he could still perform - which followed an alphabetical code

Anne Consigney, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Mathieu Amalric, Niels Arestrup & Patrick Chesnais