26 min / documentary / 2008 / USA
filmmaker: Jerry Smith
In the Spring of 2007, when a Minneapolis Theater company put on a show titled “Rise of the Celebretards,” people with disabilities and their allies took action. “Offense Taken” documents this community’s response to the public use of the “R” word.
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