Duration: June 1-August 31 2011
The goal of the project was to enhance people’s awareness on the social condition, lifestyle, educational background, employment opportunities as well as to promote change in attitude and improvement of living conditions of young people with disabilities through a documentary film.
The film “I can be in first rows” is about 7 young people who have different physical disabilities and hearing impairments, revealing the difficulties and challenges they face and have to overcome, and of course the huge potential and will and achievements of these people․
The film’s premiere took place in “Hoktember” cinema in Gyumri. The film was shown on “Gala” local TV channel for three times, and was uploaded into social networking websites. The film became the best initiative not only in Gyumri, but also in Armenia. On the one hand it greatly helped people with disabilities to improve their self-esteem, and on the other hand helped to change public attitude, and especially the attitudes of employers towards the educational and employment rights of disabled people.
Financed by A.D. Sakharov Armenian Human Rights Centre․