Jane Seymour’s life was touched by a very special paraplegic. One (Christopher Reeve) she worked closely with in Stephen Simon’s movie “Somewhere In Time.”

Today, Monday July 26, 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. There are 54 Million disabled people in the country. Jane Seymour’s new PSA is doing its part to celebrate and continue to raise the profile of the disabled:
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In Jane’s PSA, she also talks about the film Unbeaten, an inspirational documentary that chronicles the exploits of 31 paraplegics for six days, as they make their way in wheelchairs and hand cycles in what is known as the toughest road race in the world, “Sadler’s Alaska Challenge.” Unbeaten, produced by Vanilla Fire Productions and Polaris Global Media, is now qualified for Oscar consideration for 2011.

The producers of Unbeaten have worked hard to raise awareness for the disabled. For example, Unbeaten Producer Tamara Henry interviewed James Cameron at the Global Green Pre-Oscar Party about why he has disabled marine veteran “Jake Sulley” in his film Avatar:

Additionally, Unbeaten filmmakers met in May 2010 with the Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy in DC about the upcoming 20th Anniversary while showing the film Unbeaten at WRMC and handing out Avatar DVDs donated by Jon Landau:

This three year odyssey to finish Unbeaten came with the help of some of the highest profile individuals in the world including Dan Aykroyd, Clint Black, JP Dejoria, Steve Forbes, Eli Broad, T. Boone Pickens, Cher, Billy-Jean King, Tony Hawk, Paula and Sumner Redstone, Larry Hagman, Carole Bayer Sager, Mark Burnett, Steve Jobs, Norman Lear, Lee Roy Mitchell, Jane Seymour, Dr. Robert R. Saito and Pamela Anderson. (http://www.polarisglobal.com/giving_back). Of the 1,112 billionaries on the planet, eight of them have contributed to the independent films mission by Barber.

For more information about Unbeaten you can visit www.UnbeatenTheMovie.com

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