The Boston, Mass-based Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Partners HealthCare, also headquartered in Boston, hosted a special world premiere of the film Lives Worth Living produced and directed by award winning documentary filmmaker Eric Neudel. Around 200 area leaders, healthcare professionals, elected officials, and members of the community attended the premiere, which was held in honor of National Disability Awareness Month. 

Lives Worth Living chronicles the demonstrations and legislative battles during the development of the disability rights movement following World War II, through the 1960s and 1970s, and finally to the culmination of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. 

The film will premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens October 27 at 10 pm (check local listings).

Source(s): Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Partners HealthCare