Facing the Falls on Mar 11, 2025 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

“You don’t realize the limits of what human beings can do unless you’re tested.” – Cara Yar Khan

“Facing the Falls dares viewers to challenge their perception of what people with disabilities are capable of.” People Magazine

Facing the Falls chronicles international disability rights advocate and entrepreneur Cara Yar Khan’s quest to live an extraordinary life and shatter stigma against people living with disabilities. Deep in the throes of an aggressive muscle-wasting disease and no longer able to walk unassisted, Yar Khan ventures out on a daring, 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon. In this story of fear, hubris, courage and perseverance against the odds, the expedition team grapples with the remote wilderness and comes face to face with their individual demons and insecurities. (Facing the Falls: Celia Aniskovich, 2024, 34 min.)

Panelists:
Celia Aniskovich, Director
Liz Yale Marsh, Producer
Moderated by Co-producer Wendy Eley Jackson, UCSB Film & Media Studies

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