This content originally appeared on TPGi and was authored by Anthony Priore
Host Mark Miller speaks with father and son duo Dan and Samuel Habib about their experiences as filmmakers, their advocacy, and their passions. Learn about:
- Their film “The Ride Ahead.”
- Their experience developing, creating, and co-directing the film.
- Challenges they faced during the film.
- Communication device technology.
- Activism and disability justice.
About Samuel Habib
Samuel Habib (he/him) co-directed the Emmy Award winning My Disability Roadmap, a 2022 New York Times Op-Doc. The film was a Critics Choice nominee and featured at festivals including Hot Docs, Doc NYC, and Hot Springs. Samuel was also a story consultant on the nationally broadcast film Mr. Connolly Has ALS, and has presented nationally on disability rights. He is a community college student and works at the Westchester Institute for Human Development. Samuel experiences GNAO1 Neurodevelopmental Disorder, a rare genetic disorder that caused his cerebral palsy, epilepsy and speech challenges.
About Dan Habib
Dan Habib (he/him) produced and co-directed the Emmy Award winning My Disability Roadmap, a 2022 New York TImes Op-Doc featured at Hot Docs, Doc NYC, and Hot Springs. He is the Director / Producer / Cinematographer of the nationally broadcast (public television) documentary films Intelligent Lives, Who Cares About Kelsey?, Mr. Connolly Has ALS, and Including Samuel. He served on the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities under President Obama. He is currently the Inclusive Communities Project Director at the Westchester Institute for Human Development.
About The Ride Ahead
The film follows Samuel Habib, whose goals are pretty typical for a 21-year-old. Moving out of his family’s New Hampshire home. College. Establishing his career. Dating. Sex.
Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges. Unexpected seizures and uncontrollable movements caused by his rare genetic disorder. Friends’ homes that are inaccessible to his wheelchair. His labored speech and use of a communication device are barriers to a social life. He craves more independence and a family of his own one day. “But no one tells you how to be an adult,” he says, “let alone an adult with a disability.”
Samuel is determined to avoid the statistical realities: unemployment, isolation, institutionalization.
A turning point comes when he starts talking to disabled adults, who have been through all he is going through now. And when he begins to channel their insights, a roadmap for himself, and for other young adults like him, begins to take shape.
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Links of interest
Dan and Samuel has many talents. You can find out more in all the links below:
- Twitter / X – Dan Habib
- Twitter / X – The Ride Ahead
- Facebook – The Ride Ahead
- Instagram – Dan Habib
- Instagram – Samuel Habib
- Instagram – The Ride Ahead
- LinkedIn – Dan Habib
- The Ride Ahead Film
- Like Right Now Films
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This content originally appeared on TPGi and was authored by Anthony Priore
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