Life is a marathon without preparation
The "Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Human Potential" at NCMU, the MP Sociology of the Public Sphere and Digital Analytics, and the ML Social Integration Research hosted guests on November 8. The interested audience was shown the short documentary film "4:30" (directed by V. Ovchinnikov) as part of the International Film Festival about the lives of people with disabilities "Cinema without Barriers" organized by the "Perspektiva." The film touched on topics of inclusive culture of Russian society and the lives of people of the "silver age".
The film's producers, Daria Likhovitskaya and Vasily Ovchinnikov, gave a presentation. They discussed their own ideas about the film's objective and the artistic techniques employed in making the film, as well as how they met the film's protagonist, Ilya, who lost his sight as a young boy and went on to become a mathematician and, more recently, a marathon runner.
The viewers - students and postgraduates of sociology - saw in this cinematic text, reflection material on the topics of an intersectional approach to understanding inequality, the formation of identity in a diverse society, the use of inclusive vocabulary, and in general - on the topic of life: "Ilyusha, tell me when you are tired. - Dima, I have been tired for a long time ," - the main character says with calm, wise humor on the next kilometer of the marathon. Ilya makes discoveries all his life - in mathematics, the world around him and himself. One of these discoveries is his friendship with his guide Dima, a young marathon runner. The 15-minute film reveals the dynamics of their relationship. The film "4:30" has already been successful at several international festivals and won the Grand Price at the 12th International Film Festival "Cinema Without Barriers" about the lives of people with disabilities.
