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Warmly,
Mark W. Dissette Director/PHAMALY man
Warmly,
Mark W. Dissette Director/PHAMALY man
THERE’S STILL HOPE FOR DREAMS, A PHAMALY STORY
“There’s Still Hope for Dreams, a PHAMALY Story,” is a documentary film following the
journey of the theatrical group PHAMALY (Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League pronounced family). Filmed on location over a 12 year time period in Denver, Colorado, this takes you on a journey of hope, where dreams are pursued and great challenges are overcome despite physical disabilities. In Denver, CO, there is a theater group that is unique to the world called PHAMALY (Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artist League), comprised entirely of disabled performers. Because they found rejection in the mainstream artistic community, they built a theatrical group of their own. Each summer, since 1990, PHAMALY has mounted a major musical production with a group of amazingly talented cast and crew. Despite their disabilities (Parkinsons, Cerebral Palsy, blindness, paralyzation or amputations, plus many other disabilities),PHAMALY tackles theatrical productions that were originally choreographed for people who can move both feet and arms, dance freely across the stage, who can see, hear and talk. Come with us on our journey following the PHAMALY cast as they mount their latest productions,“Urinetown, The Musical” and “Side Show.” It is a path that will challenge and alter how you think and feel about the creative world and the world of people with disabilities. “There's Still Hope for Dreams - A PHAMALY Story” reveals the beauty of a dance with seven blind actors or the gracefulness of a wheel chair moving across the stage. In a world that resonates with the pain and suffering in reality, we reveal that There’s Still Hope For Dreams.
“There’s Still Hope for Dreams, a PHAMALY Story,” is a documentary film following the
journey of the theatrical group PHAMALY (Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League pronounced family). Filmed on location over a 12 year time period in Denver, Colorado, this takes you on a journey of hope, where dreams are pursued and great challenges are overcome despite physical disabilities. In Denver, CO, there is a theater group that is unique to the world called PHAMALY (Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artist League), comprised entirely of disabled performers. Because they found rejection in the mainstream artistic community, they built a theatrical group of their own. Each summer, since 1990, PHAMALY has mounted a major musical production with a group of amazingly talented cast and crew. Despite their disabilities (Parkinsons, Cerebral Palsy, blindness, paralyzation or amputations, plus many other disabilities),PHAMALY tackles theatrical productions that were originally choreographed for people who can move both feet and arms, dance freely across the stage, who can see, hear and talk. Come with us on our journey following the PHAMALY cast as they mount their latest productions,“Urinetown, The Musical” and “Side Show.” It is a path that will challenge and alter how you think and feel about the creative world and the world of people with disabilities. “There's Still Hope for Dreams - A PHAMALY Story” reveals the beauty of a dance with seven blind actors or the gracefulness of a wheel chair moving across the stage. In a world that resonates with the pain and suffering in reality, we reveal that There’s Still Hope For Dreams.
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Mark Dissette / Director / PHAMALY MAN
This journey started for me twenty-two years ago when I walked into my first PHAMALY rehearsal.
"What the hell have I gotten myself into?!" flashed through my mind as I looked around at this
cornucopia of disabled actors. Twenty-two years and god knows how many shows, board meetings,
rehearsals and funerals have followed. I have learned many things how to be patient with others
and myself, made wonderful new friends fallen in love and knocked folks out of their
wheelchairs.
This documentary has been a true labor of love for me. Five years ago I dragged my producer
Jay Wyss to a rehearsal and hooked him on the PHAMALY way from that the idea to produce a
feature length film grew. With an all volunteer crew we shot over two hundred hours of footage
and poured over another three hundred hours of footage I had gathered over the years. Using
equipment we had begged and borrowed we put in over two thousand hours each to finish our
dream.
This film is about journeys. Journeys that end in both triumph and tragedy just like life itself. I
have been witness to such courage and strength that it has changed who I am as a man. I have
learned what it means to be a man from my friends who refuse to be left out of life men and
women who challenge stereo-types and create a place for the world to see and learn that
everyone is equal if you just give them the chance. Along the way many of them have died but
not the dream. The dream carries on so to those here and gone I dedicate this film.
Mark Dissette / Director / PHAMALY MAN
This journey started for me twenty-two years ago when I walked into my first PHAMALY rehearsal.
"What the hell have I gotten myself into?!" flashed through my mind as I looked around at this
cornucopia of disabled actors. Twenty-two years and god knows how many shows, board meetings,
rehearsals and funerals have followed. I have learned many things how to be patient with others
and myself, made wonderful new friends fallen in love and knocked folks out of their
wheelchairs.
This documentary has been a true labor of love for me. Five years ago I dragged my producer
Jay Wyss to a rehearsal and hooked him on the PHAMALY way from that the idea to produce a
feature length film grew. With an all volunteer crew we shot over two hundred hours of footage
and poured over another three hundred hours of footage I had gathered over the years. Using
equipment we had begged and borrowed we put in over two thousand hours each to finish our
dream.
This film is about journeys. Journeys that end in both triumph and tragedy just like life itself. I
have been witness to such courage and strength that it has changed who I am as a man. I have
learned what it means to be a man from my friends who refuse to be left out of life men and
women who challenge stereo-types and create a place for the world to see and learn that
everyone is equal if you just give them the chance. Along the way many of them have died but
not the dream. The dream carries on so to those here and gone I dedicate this film.