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DESCRIPTION:\n	With historian David Serlin and assistive technology expert 
 Anita Perr in conversation \n	\n	\n\nDir. William Wyler. 1946\, 170 mins. 
 DCP. With Myrna Loy\, Fredric March\, Teresa Wright\, Dana Andrews\, Virgi
 nia Mayo\, Harold Russell\, Hoagy Carmichael. Three veterans struggle to r
 eadjust to their home lives after World War II. The biggest struggle comes
  for Homer (played by real-life veteran Harold Russell)\, who has lost bot
 h hands in combat and must learn to adapt to prosthetic hooks. Winner of e
 ight Academy Awards\, including Best Picture\, Best Director\, Best Screen
 play\, and Best Actor\, William Wyler’s production is one of the most movi
 ng of all classic Hollywood films. The screening will be followed by a con
 versation about engineering prosthetics and the power and limitations of n
 on-normative bodies.&nbsp\; \n\n	\n	\n	  \n\n\n	Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors 
 and students / $7 youth (ages 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum
  members at the Film Lover and Kids Premium levels and above). Order ticke
 ts online. (Members may contact members@movingimage.us with questions rega
 rding online reservations.)&nbsp\; \n	\n\n\n	\n		Ticket purchase includes 
 same-day admission to the Museum (see gallery hours). View the Museum’s ti
 cketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join online
 \, visit our membership page. \n		\n	\n	\n		About the speakers: \n	\n	\n		
 David Serlin is a professor of Communication and Science Studies\, and aff
 iliated faculty in Critical Gender Studies\, at the University of Californ
 ia\, San Diego. A former research fellow at the National Institutes of Hea
 lth\, Professor Serlin’s books include Artificial Parts\, Practical Lives:
  Modern Histories of Prosthetics (NYU Press\, 2002)\, Replaceable You: Eng
 ineering the Body in Postwar America (University of Chicago Press\, 2004)\
 , and Keywords for Disability Studies (NYU Press\, 2015). \n		\n	\n	\n		An
 ita Perr is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Occupation
 al Therapy at New York University. She has expertise in the use of assisti
 ve technology by persons with disabilities. Collaborations that Dr. Perr s
 pearheaded with NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program and NYU
  Tandon's Integrated Digital Media Program resulted in the development of 
 the NYU Ability project\, an interdisciplinary research space for the deve
 lopment of assistive technologies\, where Dr. Perr is the Co-Director. \n	
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater
SUMMARY:The Best Years of Our Lives: Engineering the Body
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