Disability Justice: Alice Sheppard & Jess Thom -
laura flanders & friends

Sun, May 31 11:30 A.M. NH World (11.3)

Laura Flanders interviews two performance artists whose work illustrates how difference and neurodiversity make art and society richer and more interesting. Alice Sheppard is a wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer, and Jess Thom is a performer and comedian with Tourettes. In this episode, they question the role of art in society and our attitudes towards disability and what is normal.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 309

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Sun, May 31	11:30 A.M.	Disability Justice: Alice Sheppard & Jess Thom NH World (11.3)

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