{"id":4506,"date":"2018-03-22T15:06:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T21:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:22:23","slug":"summer-in-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/summer-in-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer in the Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1964, Canadian-born Jean Vanier visited a psychiatric hospital near Paris. That encounter would change his life, as well as the lives of thousands with intellectual and physical disabilities, and inspire a beautiful and critically acclaimed new film, <em>Summer in the Forest<\/em>. It will open in New York on March 23 in honor of World Down Syndrome Day (March 21) and in Los Angeles on April 6, before a wider release.<\/p>\n<p>Vanier was deeply touched by the plight of the people he found in the hospital, who were often labeled &#8220;retards&#8221; or &#8220;idiots&#8221; and locked away and forgotten. Leaving behind a life of privilege, he moved with two intellectually disabled men into a house in Trosly-Breuil, a village at the edge of a beautiful forest north of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they created L&#8217;Arche, French for &#8220;The Ark,&#8221; which brings together people with and without intellectual and physical disabilities to live in community. Today, approximately 5,000 people with disabilities live in 147 L&#8217;Arche communities in 35 countries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Summer in the Forest<\/em> is a story of peace, hope, and love for us all. 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