Dr. Thomas Hehir, interviewed in Forget Me Not, passed away in June of 2022. In remembrance of Thomas and his legacy fighting for inclusive education, we wanted to share his speech from the 2019 World Down Syndrome Day at the UN.
If you’re able to read and understand French, don’t miss this article and interview with Olivier from Quebecois La Presse!
Hosted by Vickie Brett and Amanda Selogie, the Inclusive Education Project Podcast focuses on disability rights as the next frontier of civil rights, starting by building a society that provides equal opportunity for education to all students. Hilda and Olivier stop by the podcast to tell their story and discuss the future of inclusive education.
Ahead of Forget Me Not’s Brazilian release, director Olivier Bernier sat down with Claudia Magazine for an interview about the film and his family. The article is written in Portuguese, but that shouldn’t stop you from taking a look!
This Q&A took place immediately following the film’s premiere on May 19th as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Featuring Hilda + Olivier Bernier as well as a panel of experts from the film and beyond, this livestream event provided an opportunity to field questions from the public about the film and inclusion in general.
The Lucky Few Podcast shouts the worth of people with Down syndrome. On this episode, Olivier Bernier and his wife Hilda speak with hosts Heather Avis, Micha Boyett, and Mercedes Lara about the making of the film Forget Me Not and how it shaped their understand of inclusion and their son Emilio’s future.
A preview for the 2021 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, this article contains a brief review of the film.
Director Olivier Bernier and lawyer Attorney Christian Killoran, who appears in the film, stopped by 103.9 LI New Radio to speak with host Jay Oliver about the lengthy fight to include their sons, Emilio and Aiden, in general education classrooms.
This article provides further insight into the story of Aiden Killoran, who appears in the documentary. Now 16 years old, Aiden and his family have been fighting for Aiden’s inclusion in typical classrooms for years.
Director Olivier Bernier sat down to talk inclusion with Chalkbeat, an NYC publication sharing news about education in the city.
Director Olivier Bernier made an appearance on the WNYC show “All Of It”, where he spoke to host Alison Stewart about the film’s upcoming premiere and what making the film taught him. The segment also features call-ins from viewers who speak about the film and ask Olivier questions.
Listen to director Olivier Bernier’s guest appearance on the Brooklyn USA podcast where he weighs in on the value of inclusion and what building a future that welcomes disabled students entails.
As a feature filmmaker and documentarian, Bernier has collected a literal lifetime of footage of his son Emilio, who has down syndrome. With the help of a $400,000 grant from Videocamp Film Fund, he is now turning that material into an eye-opening documentary about searching for an inclusive education in New York City for his son called “Forget Me Not.”
US director Olivier Bernier has been awarded $400,000 to make a film about the search for his son’s inclusive education. Olivier Bernier’s film was selected from more than 150 entries around the world for the Videocamp Film Fund 2018.
New York based director Olivier Bernier has been selected as the recipient of the $400,000 Videocamp Film Fund 2018. Bernier wowed the judging panel with his proposal for an intimate documentary following his own search for an inclusive school for his son Emilio, who was born with Down Syndrome.
US director Olivier Bernier awarded $400,000 to make film about personal search for son’s inclusive education, Bernier’s film was selected from over 150 entries from around the world for the Videocamp Film Fund 2018.