I Didn’t See You There – Q&A and Community Conversation

Join us for a special Q&A with the director of “I Didn’t See You There,” Reid Davenport, and Stan Clawson, Art Access.  A free screening of Reid’s  film is being presented on November 3rd – details here.
The conversation with Reid will be followed by an in-depth community conversation facilitated by Mountain Mediation about accessibility in the arts and our community.

ASL interpretation will be available and the theater is wheelchair accessible. For additional accessibility accommodations, please contact director@parkcityfilm.org by Oct 24th.

Register for the Community Conversation here.

About the film “I Didn’t See You There”

As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair or his two feet, without having to be seen himself. The unexpected arrival of a circus tent outside his apartment in Oakland, CA leads him to consider the history and legacy of P.T. Barnum’s Freak Show and its lingering presence in his daily life in the form of gawking, lack of access, and other forms of ableism.

Informed by his position in space, lower to the ground, Davenport captures indelible images, often abstracted into shapes and patterns separate from their meaning. But the circus tent looms in the background, and is reverberated by tangible on-screen interruptions, from unsolicited offers of help to careless blocking of ramps. Personal and unflinching, “I Didn’t See You There” forces the viewer to confront the spectacle and invisibility of disability.

Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Part of the Raising Voices Film Series. Presented in partnership with Sundance Institute and Mountain Mediation, with additional grant support from Park City Municipal Corp, Park City Chamber of Commerce and Utah Humanities.