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From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT LIVES, a catalyst to transform the label of intellectual disability from a life sentence of isolation into a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America.
INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the shameful and ongoing track record of intelligence testing in the U.S.
INTELLIGENT LIVES challenges what it means to be intelligent, and points to a future in which people of allabilities can fully participate in higher education, meaningful employment and intimate relationships.
Original Release
04/01/2018
US Release
04/01/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Naieer Shaheed | Naieer |
Naomie Monplaisir | Naomie |
Micah Fialka Feldman | Micah |
Chris Cooper | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naieer Shaheed | Naieer |
Naomie Monplaisir | Naomie |
Micah Fialka Feldman | Micah |
Chris Cooper | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Amy Brenneman | Executive Producer |
Chris Cooper | Executive Producer |
Marianne Leone | Executive Producer |