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Middleground

MIDDLEGROUND is a short documentary project that explores the intricacies of California's disability support system through the microcosm of individual experience. Having recently completed the Wayfinders program at Fresno state, graduates Griffin, Thomas, Alana, and Sean are weeks away from moving into their new apartments and transitioning toward independent living. However, due to a gap in scheduling, their upcoming internship program will begin two weeks before their leases start, requiring them to live collectively in a group home supervised by Griffin's mother, Karen. Shot over the course of a few weeks, the film documents their collective experiences during this time, following Karen and the group as they settle into living together, as well as begin the first few weeks of Project Search. In capturing this unique, interim period, MIDDLEGROUND seeks to shed light on the complications of disability support in the US, and how people of all abilities and socioeconomic backgrounds inevitably face shortcomings within the system at large.