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Join us for the TIFF Ajax Film Circuit at the St. Francis Centre! 

Here’s your chance to watch films from the Toronto international Film Festival (TIFF) without driving into the city, dealing with traffic jams and paying for parking - it’s all right here in Ajax! Film selections include Canadian and foreign made films, contemporary cinema and thought-provoking independent films. 

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 

In recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the St. Francis Centre presents a free screening of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp “for the handicapped” (a term no longer used) in the Catskills, exploded those confined. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smoking and make-out sessions, where campers experienced liberation and full inclusion as human beings. Their bonds endured as many migrated west to Berkeley - a hotbed of activism where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption, civil disobedience and political participation could change the future for millions. No one at Camp Jened could’ve imagined that those summers in the woods together would be the beginnings of a revolution! 

Concessions and cash bar available. 

This film presentation is FREE to attend, however, registration is required either online at www.ajax.ca/sfc, by email at stfranciscentre@ajax.ca or by calling 905-619-2529, ext. 2787 (ARTS).