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Best Friend

Directed by Cory Reeder

7 Min | English | US | 2017 | Narrativa
Down syndrome,friendship,autism,family,kids,dogs | Corto | Open Captions
Producer: Allison Gray, Diana Elizabeth Jordan, Lola Noh | Writer: Cory Reeder | Cast: Gitane Neil, Andrew "Julian" Alvadado, Kim Kendall, Robert Buscemi, Diana Elizabeth Jordan, Doc Farrow, Anicka Haywood | Open Captions produced by: Mongo Media
Animals, Children, Educational, Family, Friendship, Kids/family

After moving across the country, a little girl finds more than a best friend when her parents let her adopt a dog.

 

Filmmaker Bios

Cory Reeder is a writer, director, producer and founder of Renaissance Man Productions. Since moving his company to Los Angeles in 2011, he has been creating music videos for: Hayley Kiyoko, Seether, Martin Solveig, Of Mice & Men, Five Finger Death Punch, and more. In between music video productions, Cory is devoted to directing narrative stories. In 2015, while directing the award-winning short film Unlikely Temptations starring Nic Novicki, Reeder was educated on the lack of representation people with disabilities have in media. Since then he has focused his efforts on all forms of inclusion behind and in front of the camera. In 2016, his film Boxed Out won actress Diana Elizabeth Jordan the Best Actor Award from the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. In 2017, his entry in the competition, Best Friend, was nominated in all categories taking home two awards for Best Film and Audience Awareness Award. He is currently writing Best Friend into a feature-length screenplay and looking to have it produced this fall.

Disabilities featured:

Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disability

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