International Documentary Association Panel – The Ramp Less Traveled
Wow. It was an amazing few days in Hollywood at the IDA conference. I learned so much and met so many amazing people there. AND in addition to getting to talk about disability and media, I also got to screen 5 minutes of the Invalid Corps.
You can find a transcript of the panel discussion “The Ramp Less Traveled” on the D-Word (https://www.d-word.com/topics/269-Getting-Real-2018?post=364395). You have to be a member, but membership is free. If you have any interest in documentary filmmaking, I highly recommend it.
The best thing was seeing our Invalid Corps film up on the big screen in an AMPAS theatre (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Yeah, the same guys who do the Oscars.
The panel included:
- Lawrence Carter-Long (moderator), Director of Communications, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
- Jason DaSilva, filmmaker
- Cheryl Green, Media Access Specialist
- Jim LeBrecht, Co-Director, Co-Producer, Crip Camp
- Day Al-Mohamed, Filmmaker and Disability Policy Specialist
Claire Aguilar Director of Programming and Policy introduced the panel. The goal was to accommodate and educate about filmmakers with disabilities. IDA expressed the goal to create a foundation or a database to continue to assemble filmmakers with disabilities to help develop a networking community. Also to make people aware of what accommodation means. The convening is probably the first time any of us (dozens of filmmakers with disabilities) were in a room all together.
Not having much else to say, let me fill this post with lots and lots of photographs. 🙂 All images are courtesy of AMPAS unless otherwise stated.
