Cinema Politica Screening - The Ride Ahead

Cinema Politica Groningen presents: The Ride Ahead.

This documentary follows the ongoing work of GenZ accessibility activist, Samuel Habib. When Samuel turns 21 and feels shut out from the physical, social, political, and urban environments where he lives because of his reliance on an electronic wheelchair and a digital speech assistant, he seeks the advice of renowned disability activists to make his community into a more inclusive, accepting, and accessible place. The Ride Ahead is the second major film by father-and-son duo of Daniel and Samuel Habib, following on their Emmy-Award-winning My Disability Roadmap (2022).

After the event we are joind by Johan Kolsteeg who is the Director of Studies for the Cultural Leadership Research Master’s program at the Faculty of Arts. Some of his current teaching and research focuses on the presence and representation of GenZ in the arts.

Also on stage is Julia Munuera Garcia, a PhD at University College Groningen, Department of Social Science and the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. Her research explores how accessibility, encounters and mobilities influence people with disabilities’ experiences in the city using participatory methods and art-based methods.