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1. “A Human Being” is a short documentary movie about a young French girl in a wheelchair, who overcame her condition and tries to inspire other disabled people to pursue their dreams. She recently produced and starred in a short documentary film that was screened at Tribeca Film Festival. 2. Leopoldine Huyghues-Despontes is a 22-year-old French girl, who was born with a genetic disease that forced her to a wheelchair. Leopoldine or “Lele”- the name, most of her friends call her, moved to New York from Paris four years ago because America is more disability accessible comparing to France. Lele studies business, but her passion is movies. She loves storytelling and thinks that she can make a bigger impact on people telling stories through pictures. She is working on creating her own production company and dreams to become a director. For her latest project, a short fiction movie “Atlantic Avenue,” Lele raised money and starred as a lead actress. The story dives into a complicated romantic relationship between a male-prostitute and a disabled girl, who falls in love and decided to have her first sexual experience with him. The movie was included into Tribeca Film Festival short movies screening list. Lele says, the message she tries to get out there is that disabled people are ‘like anyone else’”- they are human beings with needs and dreams. 4. Script: NARRATION: It’s a movie about first love and a sexual encounter between a disabled girl and a male prostitute. N: We wanted to talk about sexuality - something that no one talks about. N: I grew up smaller than anyone else N: I was born with a genetic disease called “brittle bones” N: I never you know - walked.., I don’t know how it is Bite [Can you please put it here] N: I love my wheelchair, I’m fine N: I love my life N: I don’t need help generally N: I just want to open people’s mind and tell them -- I’m like anyone else, have no limits, no barriers. N: My brother’s girlfriend, she’s called Laure de Clermont. She is amazing French actress she wanted to direct. I wanted to do something around my disease. To break taboos N: My part in a film was- I raised money and the lead actress, of course. N: When I shot this movie I realized that pictures have a great impact on people. Bite: [All this line is for my film!] N: It’s Tribeca Film Festival it’s huge and my movie is here B: [We made it!] N: It’s a deep story, it’s love… N: so people when they get out of the movie theatre N: They are touched I hope so and don’t forget about this maybe they see a human being in someone in a wheel chair. I hope so. 5. Links: Atlantic Avenue movie facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WheelsTurn?fref=ts moviefieldNYC: http://www.moviefiednyc.com/2013/04/2013-tribeca-film-festival-daily-still_23.html movie trailer: https://vimeo.com/61829793