IMAGINE A WORLD WITH COMPLETE ACCESSIBILITY

 MARK – A CALL TO ACTION GLOBAL RELEASE OCTOBER 8, 2024

Thanks to award-winning producer-director Ron Small and the Bookman Family, I appear as America's Universal design expert in a 90-minute documentary.

"Mark -- A Call To Action" releases globally October 8th via streaming, digital, satellite and other outlets.

From Filmmaker Small:

I'm happy to share the DVD menu, with some bonus features not seen in the documentary.

Pre-order the DVD on Amazon.

Visit https://amzn.to/3L8UMyZ All proceeds benefit the #GLIDEFUND of The Mark Bookman Foundation.

U.S. PREMIER OF DISABILITY POSTIVE DOCUMENTARY

I’M HONORED TO BE IN THE FILM: “MARK – A CALL TO ACTION” 

I'm proud to share details of U.S. premiere of the documentary that features me as our nation's preeminent Universal Design expert. 

Mark--A Call to Action debuts June 19 at Bryn Mawr Film Institute. 

Every mayor, planner, architect, engineer & urban designer can learn from this film.

It is NOT simply a disability film.

It is about what great things a person with a severe disability can achieve -- when the built environment is inclusive.

Director Ron Small's film chronicles the life and work of scholar/activist Dr. Mark Bookman, who improved the lives of disabled people from the U.S. to Japan.

The late Bookman created a legacy that inspires others to plan for and create a world where no one is left behind.

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MARK – A CALL TO ACTION

WORLD PREMIERE OF DOCUMENTARY GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO REVIEW UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND BARRIER FREE ACCESS IN TOKYO

I documented accessible trains, inclusive restrooms and other advances toward a better built environment for people with disabilities.

The report will be published this year.

I traveled to Japan for a trio of world premieres of "Mark — A Call to Action," a disability forward documentary about the life of the late Mark Bookman.

I am in the film, quoted as a Universal Design expert, that debuted at two campuses of the prestigious University of Tokyo, as well as the esteemed Sophia University.

I met so many wonderful disability advocates, including Mark's dad -- Paul Bookman and stepmom Wasna Dabbagh, both board members of the GLIDE Fund.

It also was an honor to meet two other acclaimed experts in the documentary film --  Nagase Osamu, a professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and longtime disability rights advocate in Japan, and Carolyn Stevens, a professor at Monash University in Melbourne, and longtime disability rights advocate.