Including Samuel
A Documentary by Dan Habib
About the Film
Dan Habib's award-winning documentary film Including Samuel examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. The film is built on the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel, 12, in all facets of their lives, a journey that transforms each of them. Including Samuel also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with teachers, parents, students, and disability rights experts. Including Samuel premiered in November 2007.
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About Dan Habib
Dan Habib is the director, producer and cinematographer of the documentary,
Including Samuel. The Emmy-nominated film was broadcast nationally on public television and won the Positive Images in Media award from TASH.
Including Samuel has been featured on “Good Morning America,” NPR's “All Things Considered,” and in the
Washington Post and
Education Week.
Exceptional Parent Magazine said "
Including Samuel is a must see film."
Habib is Filmmaker in Residence at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. Until joining UNH in April of 2008, he was the photography editor of the
Concord Monitor. In 2006 and 2008 he was also named the national Photography Editor of the Year. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including
Time,
Newsweek,
People,
Life, and the
New York Times.
Habib has been named New Hampshire Photographer of the Year six times. He has been a judge of Pulitzer Prizes, Pictures of the Year, Best of Photojournalism and the White House News Photographer's Association.
Habib’s second film,
Who Cares About Kelsey?, due for national release in 2012, documents the lives of students with emotional/behavioral disabilities, and shows innovative educational approaches that help these students to succeed – while improving the overall school culture and climate.
Habib and his wife, Betsy, live in Concord, New Hampshire, with their sons Isaiah, 15, and Samuel, 12.