{"id":12998,"date":"2020-09-14T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T21:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12998"},"modified":"2020-09-14T17:36:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T22:36:53","slug":"criptales-to-premiere-october-1-on-bbc-america-six-short-films-written-directed-and-performed-by-people-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/14\/criptales-to-premiere-october-1-on-bbc-america-six-short-films-written-directed-and-performed-by-people-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;CripTales&#8221; to Premiere October 1 on BBC America &#8211; Six Short Films Written, Directed and Performed by People with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12999\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CripTales.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CripTales.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CripTales-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CripTales-560x252.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CripTales-260x117.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CripTales-160x72.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BBC AMERICA announced today the October 1 world premiere date for <strong><em>CripTales<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; a collection of six short films curated by Mat Fraser (<em>His Dark Materials<\/em>, <em>American Horror Story<\/em>) &#8211; each one written, directed and performed by a person living with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The six 15-minute monologues will premiere on Thursday, October 1 at 10PM ET\/9c on BBC AMERICA and the entire collection of films will also be available to stream at the start of National Disability Employment Awareness Month across the digital platforms of the AMC Networks Entertainment group: BBC AMERICA, AMC, IFC, SundanceTV and AMC+.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1480192918\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Each film is a fictional monologue capturing a life-changing moment for a person with disabilities, based on factual research and lived experience and spanning the last 50 years of British history.<\/p>\n<p>The monologues are written by Mat Fraser, Jackie Hagan, Jack Thorne, Genevieve Barr, Tom Wentworth, Matilda Ibini; performed by Mat Fraser, Robert Softley Gale, Ruth Madeley, Jackie Hagan, Liz Carr, Carly Houston; and directed by Ewan Marshall, Amit Sharma, and Jenny Sealey.<\/p>\n<p>The films cover a variety of experiences, from an actor (played by Fraser) in the present day waiting to go into an audition and dreading how it will be, to a young woman in 1968 (played by Madeley; Years and Years, BBC AMERICA&#8217;s The Watch) contemplating the future of her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so proud and excited to present these wonderful stories for mainstream TV audiences around the world, thanks to BBC America and BBC Studios,&#8221; said Fraser. &#8220;The authentic voices, taut direction and shining performances combine to make a series of diverse and dramatic monologues that are compelling, refreshing, and above all, entertaining.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-450274736\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; 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