| The Collector of Bedford Street | |
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| 1 Nomination | |
| Year | 2002 |
| Director | Alice Elliott |
| Starring | Murray Schaul, Larry Selman |
| 75th Academy Awards | |
The Collector of Bedford Street is an American 2002 short documentary film about director Alice Elliott's neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and fundraiser who had an intellectual disability. The film has screened at more than 70 film festivals around the world, including the Black Maria Film Festival, Aspen Short Film festival and Heartland Festival. The film was nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.
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Larry Selman was a community activist and fundraiser who cared about the homeless. He was mentally disabled but with a huge heart. When Larry's primary caregiver becomes unable to care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to protect his independent lifestyle by establishing an adult trust fund in his behalf. Larry is the beneficiary of an Adult Supplemental Needs Trust, which was sponsored by the Bedford-Barrow-Commerce (BBC) Block Association through the UJA-Federation Community Trust for Disabled Adults. The BBC's sponsorship of Larry marked the first time a group outside of a beneficiary's family established an Adult Supplemental Needs Trust.
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