Changing the Hollywood Industry
Interviewees offer their experience and suggestions for making change in the filmmaking industry.
These interviews include footage not seen in the final version of the film. They are organized into units and themes for community discussions and teaching.
Access to Jobs and Changing Disability Narratives with Aly Patsavas
Change vs improvement over time, conflating actors playing disabled characters with narrative change with Aly Patsavas
Talking about “Reality” and Money-Making
Hollywood as industry and delivery system, removing disability from society with Susan Nussbaum
Portraiture and the “Single Shot”
Autonomy, power, overcoming narratives with Riva Lehrer
On Change-agents and Shifting Standards
Lionel Barrymore, public readiness for disability stories with Mat Fraser
On the Power of Advocacy
Disability activism, missing disability history in films, ADA, 504 protests with Lawrence Carter-Long
Working as a Disabled Artist
From our pre-production archives: Victoria Ann Lewis, Lynn Manning, Tekki Lomnicki, Lawrence Carter-Long, working in Hollywood