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October 17, 2018 6:00 pm
Landmark College will host filmmaker Krys Kornmeier on Wednesday, October 17 for an evening dedicated to the discussion and celebration of neurodiversity.
At 7 p.m. in the Greenhoe Theater, Fine Arts Building, Kornmeier’s film Normal Isn’t Real: Succeeding with Learning Disabilities and ADHD will be shown. The 72-minute documentary will be followed by a panel discussion consisting of Kornmeier and neurodivergent members of the College faculty and student body. Landmark College Center for Neurodiversity Director Solvegi Shmulsky will serve as moderator.
Normal Isn’t Real is a series of four, mini-documentary style videos featuring successful young adults sharing their stories of coming to terms with their learning disability and ADHD issues. The candid portraits take the viewer into the subjects’ daily lives; showcasing their talents, venting their frustrations, and employing the strategies they use to manage their challenges and utilize their strengths.
Prior to the film screening, a special reception begins at 6 p.m. in the atrium of the Nicole Goodner MacFarlane Center for Science, Technology & Innovation. Audience members can enjoy refreshments while conversing with Kornmeier and members of the College community.
The entire evening is free and open to the public. Please email an RSVP to marketing@landmark.edu to help the College plan seating and refreshments.
Landmark College is located at 19 River Road South in Putney, Vermont. For more information about the event, driving directions, and a campus map, visit www.landmark.edu.
ABOUT KRYS KORNMEIER
Krys Kornmeier has been a producer/director for over twenty-five years. She has produced non-fiction programs on a variety of topics for Discovery, Animal Planet, Global View Productions, Turner Broadcasting and The Smithsonian Networks HD Channel. EarthScope, a thirteen- part environmental series for which she served as Executive in Charge of Production, was honored with a Cable Ace Award. CritterQuest, a three -part nature series for children she produced and directed for The Smithsonian Network, won a 2008 Golden Eagle Cine Award for Non-Fiction Children’s Programs. Kornmeier produced and directed Zoo Vets, a one- hour film about the National Zoo’s veterinary team that aired on The Smithsonian Network’s HD Channel. She directed two seasons of Hoarding: Buried Alive! for Discovery’s TLC and has field directed stories on a range of subjects including addiction and voting rights.
Kornmeier’s work has taken her to Africa, Borneo, China and Jordan. She is the mother of a son with learning and attention issues and knows first- hand the emotional and educational challenges inherent in these issues. In her film Normal Isn’t Real: Succeeding with Learning Disabilities & ADHD four successful young adults share the ups and downs of their journeys to becoming experts on themselves and what they need to succeed. The making of this film has been a long -held passion.
Kornmeier holds a BA from Wheaton College (Massachusetts) and an MA from Columbia University (NY).
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR NEURODIVERSITY
Established in 2017, the Landmark College Center for Neurodiversity promulgates the research- and evidence-based practices in teaching and learning for those who learn differently, and facilitates efforts to develop and apply new methodologies, technologies, and modalities for success in learning, living, and career readiness. Primary goals for the Center include thought leadership, social justice, community engagement, resource development and partnership building.
