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"Working within the disability aesthetic surprisingly, there are more possibilities and not less possibilities"
~ Frank Hull
Dance artist Frank Hull, who choreographs from a power wheelchair perspective, remounts an earlier work creating new choreography with his best friend that reflects her evolving relationship with mobility devices.
Dance artist Frank Hull, who choreographs from a power wheelchair perspective, remounts an earlier work creating new choreography with his best friend that reflects her evolving relationship with mobility devices.
OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL is a documentary film that centres the artistry, activism and point of view of Frank Hull, one of Canada's most prominent power wheelchair dancers.
The film is an intimate, behind-the-scenes experience of the creative and emotional process of remounting a dance piece that Frank and his best friend, contemporary wheelchair dancer Marcie Ryan, choreographed together 10 years ago.
Together they create choreography that reflects Marcie's evolving relationship with her mobility devices. The new piece showcases their years of dance training, deep connection to each other and their joy of dance.
This short documentary was awarded funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and has been officially selected by six local and international film festivals to date: Together Disability Film Festival, Junction North Documentary Film Festival (CSA qualifying), Muskoka Queer Film Festival, Seize the film (Uhvati film) - films about disability, Guelph Film Festival (CSA qualifying) and iRoDi - Reflection of Disability in Art International Festival.
Anishinaabe artist and activist Sarain Fox, pictured above, dances with Frank in the opening of the film.
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