10/18/2025
On October 29th, in recognition of two years of Israel’s relentless genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, as well as National Disability Awareness Month in the so-called U.S. and Disability Employment Awarness Month in so-called Canada, In Pain and Insane invites you to a screening of the powerful, new, short documentary Severed. Severed follows Mohamad Saleh, a Palestinian teenager from Gaza who lost his leg at only 12 years old, and has survived five Israeli military assaults. In those attacks, he lost his home, close family members, and best friends. Mohamad’s story is both deeply personal and emblematic of the thousands of Palestinians disabled by Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
This is an opportunity to center Palestinian voices, deepen understanding of the genocide, and build solidarity between Palestinians and the larger disability justice community.
Together, we can take action on disability justice and Palestine.
ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There is an elevator in the building and there are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs. For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #0205 to be let through the automatic doors, then take the elevator up to the second floor. The door to the space can be opened by an automated button, and swings out. There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy. A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here: http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en .
The space contains one gender-neutral, single occupancy, wheelchair accessible washroom. The door is not automated, it swings in and is pretty light.
This is a mask mandatory space, and there will be two large air purifiers and masks available.
There will be ASL interpretation between 6:30pm-8pm for the pre-screening introductions and post-screening discussions. This is a mask mandatory event, although for accessibility reasons, the ASL interpreter will not be wearing a mask and you may remove your mask when talking with a d/Deaf participant.
