The Triangle Indie Film Meetup Group

Every year, the top under-18 Braille readers and writers from across the English-speaking world gather in Los Angeles to compete in the Braille Challenge. For one weekend, blind and low-vision kids are no longer the minority in the room. They make new friends, face off against old rivals, and chase a rare chance to be recognized not for their disability, but for their skill.

In Brailled It, the camera is placed directly in their hands. As the kids document the competition themselves, their fragmented imagery and candid moments of nerves, boredom, joy, and triumph invite audiences to experience the event on their terms. Designed with audio description and accessibility at its core–not as an afterthought but as a fundamental creative tool–the film shifts authorship and perspective to the community on screen, revealing a world defined not by limitation, but by mastery, ambition, and the transformative power of literacy.

Showtime is 3:00, so meetup time is 2:45. It's a short film, so it'll be a bit early for dinner afterwards, but we can still get coffee or snacks and visit afterwards. Or just have dinner early!

From the New York Times:

"The Shape of Water is partly a code-scrambled fairy tale, partly a genetically modified monster movie, and altogether wonderful. Guillermo del Toro, the writer and director, is a passionate genre geek. Sometimes his enthusiasm can get the better of his discipline, producing misshapen (but never completely uninteresting) movies like Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak. At his best, though — in The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth and now, at last, again — he fuses a fan’s ardor with a romantic sensibility that is startling in its sincerity. He draws on old movies, comic books, mythic archetypes and his own restless visual imagination to create movies that seem less made than discovered, as if he had plucked them from the cultural ether and given them color, voice and form."

This is a potluck, so bring something to share. If you know in advance what you plan to bring, you might share it in the comments so people can plan around it. But don't worry - it always works out. We'll gather around 7, fill our plates, and then start the movie around 7:30. I'll email directions to attendees the Wednesday before - if you don't get the email by Thursday afternoon, message me through the Meetup messaging and I'll send it to you directly.

As always with these in-home events, space is limited so please treat your RSVP as a commitment. I look forward to seeing you!