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''The Collector of Bedford Street'' is a 2002
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about director Alice Elliott's neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and fundraiser who had an
intellectual disability Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability in the United Kingdom and formerly mental retardation, Rosa's Law, Pub. L. 111-256124 Stat. 2643(2010). is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by signif ...
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Film content

When Larry's primary caregiver becomes unable to care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to protect his independent lifestyle by establishing an adult trust fund in his behalf. Larry is the beneficiary of an Adult Supplemental Needs Trust, which was sponsored by the Bedford-Barrow-Commerce (BBC) Block Association through the UJA-Federation Community Trust for Disabled Adults. The BBC's sponsorship of Larry marked the first time a group outside of a beneficiary's family established an Adult Supplemental Needs Trust. ''The Collector of Bedford Street'' DVD is being used by
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for training Key Leaders in service around the world.


Nominations and awards

''The Collector of Bedford Street'' has screened at more than 70 film festivals around the world, including the Black Maria Film Festival, Aspen Short Film festival and Heartland Festival. The film was nominated for the 2002
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. "The New York Times" Neighborhood Report: West Village-Buzz; Just a Guy Named Larry, With an Oscar-Nominated Life


See also

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List of documentary films This is an alphabetical list of documentary films with Wikipedia articles. The earliest documentary listed is ''Fred Ott's Sneeze'' (1894), which is also the first motion picture ever copyrighted in North America. The term ''documentary'' was ...
* List of American films of 2003


References


External links


NPR article about Larry Selman, accessed on 29 Oct. 2013

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