RespectAbility will have a heavy presence at Sundance this year, with a lineup of virtual panels and discussions, all on digital Main Street.
The disability advocacy group is presenting five conversations under the umbrella title the Accessibility & Inclusion Lab; two of the events are in collaboration with Film Independent.
A goal is to encourage authentic representation of disabled people on screen, and to help change how audiences view people with disabilities. Another goal is to give filmmakers the tools to make films more accessible, both for disabled crew members and for audiences.
According to Nielsen, the disability market influences more than a trillion dollars in disposable income. However, with one-in-five people in the U.S. having a disability, there is a startling lack of representation – just 2.3% of characters in the 100 top-grossing films of 2019 and 8% in family films.
“What we see and hear on screen influences how we act in real life,...
The disability advocacy group is presenting five conversations under the umbrella title the Accessibility & Inclusion Lab; two of the events are in collaboration with Film Independent.
A goal is to encourage authentic representation of disabled people on screen, and to help change how audiences view people with disabilities. Another goal is to give filmmakers the tools to make films more accessible, both for disabled crew members and for audiences.
According to Nielsen, the disability market influences more than a trillion dollars in disposable income. However, with one-in-five people in the U.S. having a disability, there is a startling lack of representation – just 2.3% of characters in the 100 top-grossing films of 2019 and 8% in family films.
“What we see and hear on screen influences how we act in real life,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
RespectAbility— the nonprofit organization that seeks to combat stigmas for people with disabilities— has set a Sundance Film Festival conversation program with its Accessibility and Inclusion Lab.
The five conversations series, running Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, will focus on the intersection of filmmaking and disability-related subjects and will include Troy Kotsur, Cheryl Bedford, Ashley Eakin and Cj Jones as panelists, among others. Each of the events will include live captions, as well as Asl interpreters.
RespectAbility’s Lauren Appelbaum, who leads the nonprofit’s work in the entertainment industry, said, “We know that most filmmakers do not intentionally exclude people with disabilities ...
The five conversations series, running Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, will focus on the intersection of filmmaking and disability-related subjects and will include Troy Kotsur, Cheryl Bedford, Ashley Eakin and Cj Jones as panelists, among others. Each of the events will include live captions, as well as Asl interpreters.
RespectAbility’s Lauren Appelbaum, who leads the nonprofit’s work in the entertainment industry, said, “We know that most filmmakers do not intentionally exclude people with disabilities ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
RespectAbility— the nonprofit organization that seeks to combat stigmas for people with disabilities— has set a Sundance Film Festival conversation program with its Accessibility and Inclusion Lab.
The five conversations series, running Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, will focus on the intersection of filmmaking and disability-related subjects and will include Troy Kotsur, Cheryl Bedford, Ashley Eakin and Cj Jones as panelists, among others. Each of the events will include live captions, as well as Asl interpreters.
RespectAbility’s Lauren Appelbaum, who leads the nonprofit’s work in the entertainment industry, said, “We know that most filmmakers do not intentionally exclude people with disabilities ...
The five conversations series, running Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, will focus on the intersection of filmmaking and disability-related subjects and will include Troy Kotsur, Cheryl Bedford, Ashley Eakin and Cj Jones as panelists, among others. Each of the events will include live captions, as well as Asl interpreters.
RespectAbility’s Lauren Appelbaum, who leads the nonprofit’s work in the entertainment industry, said, “We know that most filmmakers do not intentionally exclude people with disabilities ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
RespectAbility Entertainment Lab 2020 wrapped July 16, after 15 sessions intended to create an industry pipeline of professionals with disabilities behind the camera.
The five-week program is sponsored by the nonprofit RespectAbility and is run by four women with disabilities: Lauren Appelbaum, Tatiana Lee, Nasreen Alkhateeb and Leah Romond.
The program targets individuals who are interested in such jobs as writing, directing, producing, editing, sound and animation work.
It featured 30 participants, all of whom have experience in the entertainment industry prior to the Lab; however, most found they were stuck in assistant-level positions. The Lab is structured with two tracks: One for emerging talent and mid-career.
Speakers included reps from Bunim/Murray Prods., Film Independent, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Studios, the Walt Disney Studios, ViacomCBS and others.
The program is important because people with disabilities are frequently overlooked in Hollywood’s discussions about inclusion; their presence behind the camera is even rarer.
Lab members...
The five-week program is sponsored by the nonprofit RespectAbility and is run by four women with disabilities: Lauren Appelbaum, Tatiana Lee, Nasreen Alkhateeb and Leah Romond.
The program targets individuals who are interested in such jobs as writing, directing, producing, editing, sound and animation work.
It featured 30 participants, all of whom have experience in the entertainment industry prior to the Lab; however, most found they were stuck in assistant-level positions. The Lab is structured with two tracks: One for emerging talent and mid-career.
Speakers included reps from Bunim/Murray Prods., Film Independent, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Studios, the Walt Disney Studios, ViacomCBS and others.
The program is important because people with disabilities are frequently overlooked in Hollywood’s discussions about inclusion; their presence behind the camera is even rarer.
Lab members...
- 7/17/2020
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
After last month's celebrated premiere screenings in New York and La, the winner of the third Shadow & Act Black Filmmaker Challenge, writer-director-actor Ka'ramuu Kush's short film And Then... made its online premiere this Wednesday here on Shadow & Act. Kush and Diandra Lyle star as August and Isis, a couple on a quest for sexual fulfillment and trust with the assistance of friend Baybee, played by Vanessa Williams. The artfully shot film is described as a "coming of womanhood" tale confronting issues surrounding body image, communication, and the psychology of sex. The short is co-written and production designed by Aisha Hinds and produced by Kush, Cheryl Bedford and...
- 9/13/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
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