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[left] Andres "Jay” Molina, a Dominican man with a goatee and reading glasses perched on top of his head, sits in a wheelchair outside on a sunny day. There is grass and water in the background. He wears a light blue T-shirt and looks straight into the camera with a serious expression. Photo credit: Elias Williams [right] Alexis Neophytides, a white woman with long dark hair, sits inside in front of a window. She is wearing a long sleeved black shirt and smiles softly at the camera.

Posted December 16, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides

Even with the COVID-19 vaccine arriving in the United States this December, millions have been infected and approximately 356,000 people have died this year according to The New York Times … Continue Reading Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides

Graphic with magenta, purple and green colors in the background with white text against a black background that reads: 7 Documentaries by Deaf and Disabled People to Watch After Crip Camp DisabilityVisibilityProject.com

Posted May 4, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

7 Documentaries to Watch After Crip Camp

7 Documentaries by Deaf and Disabled People to Watch After Crip Camp If you recently watched Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution and want to learn more here are 7 … Continue Reading 7 Documentaries to Watch After Crip Camp

[left] Alex, an above the knee amputee, poses joyously in a monochromatic light blue outfit and a dark blue bandana around his neck. Balancing on his crutches, he beams looking off into the distance with his dark brown, wavy hair framing his face. [right] Photograph of Karen Nakamura (an asian american woman with short hair) holding her service dog Momo, a grey and white beagle. The photograph is studio quality.

Posted May 4, 2020 Podcast

Ep 76: Film Festivals

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_76_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about film festivals and I speak with Alex Locust and Karen Nakamura, … Continue Reading Ep 76: Film Festivals

photo of Jade Bryan, a Black Deaf woman sitting in a director’s chair outdoors with trees and parked cars behind her. She is wearing all black, and a black beret and glasses. Her left leg is crossed over her right, both arms folded.

Posted February 10, 2020 Podcast

Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep70_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode features an interview with Jade Bryan, a Black Deaf creator, screenwriter, Executive Producer and … Continue Reading Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers

Diana Elizabeth Jordan, a Black woman with short hair in twists smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black scoop neck shirt with a floral print.

Posted April 14, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disabled Film Directors: Interview with Diana Elizabeth Jordan

Below is an interview with actor, director, producer, and activist Diana Elizabeth Jordan. Diana recently participated in the 2019 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge as the director of “I Can,” a … Continue Reading Disabled Film Directors: Interview with Diana Elizabeth Jordan

Graphic with a bright yellow background. At the top in black text: ‘Disability Visibility’. In the center: illustration by artist Mike Mort featuring an Asian American woman with black hair, red lips, and red headphones over her head. She is wearing a Bi-Pap mask that covers her nose and attached to a gray tube. She is also wearing a pair of purple sunglasses Below in black text: ‘Politics Culture Media Hosted by Alice Wong’ with a red dot between ‘politics’ and ‘culture’ and one between ‘culture’ and ‘media’.

Posted July 29, 2018 Podcast

Ep 30: Film Criticism

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/30_Ep_30_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode is about film criticism with two disabled film critics, Kristen Lopez and Angelo Muredda. … Continue Reading Ep 30: Film Criticism

Graphic with a bright yellow background. At the top in black text: ‘Disability Visibility’. In the center: illustration by artist Mike Mort featuring an Asian American woman with black hair, red lips, and red headphones over her head. She is wearing a Bi-Pap mask that covers her nose and attached to a gray tube. She is also wearing a pair of purple sunglasses Below in black text: ‘Politics Culture Media Hosted by Alice Wong’ with a red dot between ‘politics’ and ‘culture’ and one between ‘culture’ and ‘media’.

Posted January 15, 2018 Podcast

Ep 16: Disabled Filmmakers

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_16_Disabled_Filmmakers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSThere are plenty of documentaries about disabled people but very few are directed, written, or produced … Continue Reading Ep 16: Disabled Filmmakers

Graphic with a white background showing two small photos overlapping each other on the left side. The one on the very left is a photo showing Karen Nakamura, an Asian woman holding a small grey beagle puppy — her service dog, Momo, who is now fully grown. The next photo is of Sara Acevedo, a Mestiza woman with big brown eyes and pale skin color. She is positioned at a side angle with respect to the camera and is wearing a green t-shirt that reads "My other disability is a bad attitude". In black text: Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2017 Judges.

Posted September 26, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2017 Judges

Superfest International Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Co-hosted by San Francisco’s Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on … Continue Reading Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2017 Judges

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Posted January 5, 20174 Comments DVP News and Events

1/14: #FilmDis & DVP Twitter chat on “Split” & Mental Health

#FilmDis Twitter Chat “Split” & Mental Health Saturday, January 14, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Dominick Evans @dominickevans and Alice Wong @DisVisibility The Disability Visibility Project™ is proud … Continue Reading 1/14: #FilmDis & DVP Twitter chat on “Split” & Mental Health

Image with a black background composed of 3 photos and text in white. On the lower left-hand corner is a photo of an African American woman with short black hair. She's inside an office and sitting nearby a table with a computer. She's wearing a beige pullover and smiling at the camera. In the upper-left-hand side is a photo of a young man with one above-the-knee amputation on his left leg. He is balancing two crutches with his left arm. He is wearing denim shorts, that, glasses and a beard. Behind him is a neighborhood by the beach with a row of palm trees. On the lower-right hand side of the image is a photo of a young white woman with long reddish-blond hair. Her left arm is raised and her hand bent against her face. She is smiling and wearing a white and magenta-striped t-shirt. On the upper right-hand quadrant is white text that reads: "Celebrating Disability Culture: Interviews with #Superfest2016 Judges"

Posted August 1, 20163 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2016 Judges

As someone who loves film, it’s dismaying to find such an uneven range of films about disabled people. There are the treacly, Oscar-bait films that follow every inspirational trope and … Continue Reading Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2016 Judges