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Saturday, April 17, 2010

***********LIFE IMITATES ART**********

8th Annual Sprout Film Festival
"Making The Invisible Visible"
April 30th-May 2nd, 2010
NEW YORK

"NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 8th Annual Sprout Film Festival invites the general public to experience a film festival which showcases the lives, performances, and accomplishments of people with developmental disabilities. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art over the weekend of April 30th-May 2nd, 2010 the Sprout Film Festival will present 32 films from 11 countries in 16 programs along with a photo exhibit by famous photographer Mary Ellen Mark called 'Extraordinary Child.

The slogan "making the invisible visible" has been the goal for the festival since it first began in 2003. Sprout is bringing awareness to the unseen, unheard population of people with developmental disabilities including Autism, Down Syndrome and Mental Retardation. Aiming to reinforce accurate portrayals of people with developmental disabilities, films selected for the festival are entertaining, memorable and enlightening. The films focus on real life challenges and issues ranging from relationships, marriage, self-esteem, self-advocacy through sexual desires and general acceptance to fit in a world where persons are often treated as second class citizens."

For more details: Click here: making the invisible visible:' Life Imitates Art at The 8th Annual Sprout Film Festival -- NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

"In addition to our annual festival in NYC, the festival also tours the country screening an ever-growing selection of films to areas throughout the US. www.sprouttouringfilmfestival.org:
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