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Jul 15 New Movie about the first fully quadriplegic sports team!

Jess Jacklin’s debut documentary Quad Gods, out now on HBO’s Max, follows three New York men - Blake Hunt, Richard Jacobs, and Prentice Hall - who meet at Mount Sinai Hospital’s neuro-rehabilitation lab and decide to form the first fully quadriplegic e-sports team.

The Unity Festival, one of the largest disability arts events in Europe, recently concluded in Cardiff, Wales. Artistic Director Ben Pettitt-Wade called on presenters to do more to showcase the work of disabled artists.

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