Including Samuel | A documentary by Dan Habib

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Copies of the Including Samuel DVD and Education Kit are available through the Institute on Disability’s Bookstore online. Bulk order discounts and expedited shipping are available. Visa, MasterCard and Purchase Orders are all accepted. To place an order, please click the buttons below. If you have questions about which version of Including Samuel is best for you, click here to download the Including Samuel Purchasing Guide (pdf).

NEW! The DVD now includes 17 subtitled language translations: Arabic • Catalan • Chinese • Czech • Dutch • French • German • Greek • Hebrew • Hindi • Italian • Korean • Portuguese • Russian • Serbian • Spanish • Swedish

Plus extensive extras, closed captioning and audio description.

“The film is an incredible resource for people who teach courses about inclusion, who offer workshops about inclusion, and who just want to learn about inclusion. It will also be very reassuring for parents.”

— Douglas Biklen, Dean, School of Education, Syracuse University

Product Description

Including Samuel Education Kit: DVD and Educational Guide for Educators and Institutions

Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about inclusion before his son Samuel was born. Now he thinks about inclusion every day.

Habib's award-winning film Including Samuel documents his family's hopes and struggles as well as the experiences of four other individuals with disabilities and their families. Including Samuel - a highly personal, passionately photographed film - captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion and features interviews with teachers, parents and disability rights experts.

This education kit contains:

1 DVD of Including Samuel licensed for educational, instructional and institutional use
1 30-page full color educational guide booklet

The DVD features extras including:

Extended interviews
A discussion on inclusion by subjects in the film
NHPTV Outlook: The Impact of Including Samuel
17 subtitled language translations: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish
And more!

Educational Guide:

Authored by Dan Habib, Mary Schuh, Ph.D., and Dr. Cheryl Jorgensen, Ph.D. (both of the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability), this guide is a 30-page, 8.5 x 11 inch full-color booklet containing:

Discussion questions & viewing tips
Inclusion myths & realities
A teacher's view on inclusion
A synopsis of each major figure in the film
A primer on language around disability
Action ideas for you and your community
A roadmap to IncludingSamuel.com

*Bulk discounts available for orders of six or more!

Director, Producer and Cinematographer Dan Habib
Edited by Rikk Desgres/Pinehurst Pictures & Sound
Music by John Kimbrough and Keith Jones
Produced in collaboration with the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire

Package Contents: 1 Including Samuel Education Kit, licensed for educational, instructional and institutional use

$180

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Including Samuel DVD for INDIVIDUALS ONLY

NOTE: This version of the DVD is not licensed for use in any educational, instructional or institutional use.

Dan Habib’s new 58-minute documentary film Including Samuel examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. The film is built on the efforts of Habib and his family to include Samuel, 9, in all facets of their lives. Including Samuel also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with teachers, parents and disability rights experts.

Package Contents: 1 DVD of Including Samuel, licensed for individual use only

$25

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