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June 16, 1998

Point Of View to air IF I CAN'T DO IT

"If I Can't Do It" is a profile of Arthur Campbell, Jr., a man who doesn't want your sympathy, but only wants what most people do: a living wage, a meaningful social life, a few good laughs and the means to get around. Filmmaker Walter Brock offers an unflinching, intensely personal portrait of one man with a disability who, with many others, is pushing for independence and an equal slice of the American pie. From the remote hills of Kentucky to the hallowed halls of Congress, join Arthur on his unforgettable ride through life and the disability rights movement. A co-presentation with the Independent Television Service.

"This is our story....ADAPT's story", explains Mike Auberger, National Organizer for ADAPT. "The whole story is Arthur Campbell's, and his involvement in ADAPT's movement to change the face of public transit changed his life." This is an intensely personal, deeply humanizing look at what it takes to live with a severe disability, and a look at an ordinary man named Arthur Campbell.

P.O.V. would like to invite YOU and your members to TUNE-IN to this important program and its national broadcast on public television and also, invites YOU to TALK BACK to other viewers and P.O.V., by sharing YOUR points of views raised by the program. This is what you can do to Tune-In and Talk Back:

TUNE-IN: to IF I CAN'T DO IT, week of Tuesday July 7th at 10:00pm (ET)(check local listings), on P.O.V.

TALK BACK: You can share YOUR point of view on the issues raised by these programs with P.O.V. and P.O.V. may broadcast it:

• Call: 800-688-4768

• Email: pov@pbs.org

• Send: comments via letter or on video tape to
  TALKING BACK
  P.O. Box 750
  Old Chelsea Station
  New York, New York 10113

• Sign-on: to P.O.V.'s website to engage in ongoing dialogue about the program and the issues it raises, see and hear an interview with Walter Brock or ask Walter Brock questions, at www.pbs.org/pov

To receive flyers to post in your agency and in your community, please contact Su Patel at P.O.V., (212) 989-8121 ext. 314.

Contact:
Jennifer Burnett

• phone: (717) 238-0172
  
• fax: (717) 238-8663

54 million Americans have some level of disability, 26 million people have a severe disability. [Current Population Reports. U.S. Department of Commerce - Census Bureau. Aug. 1997 p. 70-61]

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