Presented by Access:Horror

Guest appearance and Q&A with Monstrous Me director Ariel Baska + additional Monstrous Me cast and crew.

Includes the following documentary films: 

Becoming Benjamin Lay

Director: Tony Buba

Runtime: 54 minutes

“Becoming Benjamin Lay” follows the journey actor Mark Povinelli takes in adapting his one person show “The Return of Benjamin Lay” for a performance before the Little People of America conference in Baltimore in 2024. Benjamin Lay a dwarf was born in 1682 in Copford, England and died in Pennsylvania in 1759. He was a man centuries ahead of his time: a radical Quaker, a fierce abolitionist, and a relentless truth-teller. He stood barely four feet tall, yet he towered morally over the society that condemned him. His story challenges us to confront our own complacency and to imagine what moral courage might look like today.

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Monstrous Me

Director: Ariel Baska

Runtime: 15 minutes

A multiply disabled filmmaker explores the untold power of horror cinema in shaping disability and gender identity - challenging how society sees cinematic monsters. Monstrous Me is a project rooted firmly in Ariel’s questioning of disability representation. Horror, as a genre, has always held a mirror to society's darkest fears and prejudices. It has a unique ability to amplify societal biases, laying them bare for audiences to confront.

MONSTROUS ME is nominated for the Lost Weekend Best Documentary Short Award

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Plus a special secret screening!