The Oscar-winning "My Left Foot," with Daniel Day-Lewis, opens the Perspectives Film Festival today at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Featuring dramas and documentaries about people with developmental disabilities, the four-day event is sponsored by the American Film Institute and the Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, a nonprofit community center for people with developmental disabilities.
Other screenings include "I Am Sam" with Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer and the documentaries "My Flesh and Blood," about a Fairfield, Calif., woman caring for 11 adopted "special needs" children, and "Refrigerator Mothers," which looks at seven women who were blamed for their children's autism. A moderated discussion or town-hall-style meeting will follow screenings of all films.
