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Category Archives: Movie
Disability and Media
Disability and the media – the good bad, and the cringe. Danielle Hollobaugh We air excerpts from a conversation about how Hollywood presents people with disabilities hosted by Santa Barbara’s Independent Living Resource Center Rapid Response Committee. Then we talk … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Comedy, Disability Culture, Film, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Movie
Tagged Adrienne Lauby, Alice Wong, Beck Levin, Brittany Pudnos, Christine DiBella, Danielle Hollobaugh, Dennis Anello, Disability & Media, Emily Bridges, Human Resources, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Joyful Jonie Gold, Marsha Cutting, Michael Levinson, Mike Cotayo, Stephan Universe
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“Plain Jane – The Shockumentary”
Jane Hash Today’s show features Plain Jane: The Shockumentary, a film by Jane Hash, who is anything but plain. Join host Mark Romoser as he talks with Jane Hash. Find out why it’s called the Shockumentary. Spoiler alert: Mermaids are … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Community, Individual disease and identity groups, Mark Romoser, Movie, Portraits, Visual
Tagged Jane Hash, Little People, Mark Romoser, Plain Jane - The Shockumentary
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Disability in Film with Movie Critic Kristen Lopez ~ Part Two
Listen (29 min) Movie goers are often subjected to portrayals of people with disabilities that reinforce the many stereotypes about them. But film critic Kristen Lopez says some films are bucking this trend and sees hope on the horizon. Hosts … Continue reading
Posted in Aysha Chadow, Eddie Ytuarte, Movie
Tagged Disability in Film, Kristen Lopez
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SuperFest – Amputees, Audio Description
Listen (28 min) Today we talk movies with Ross Turnbull the creator and director of Terminal Device, a feature film inquiring into the way “hooks†are represented in movies. As a life-long amputee who uses a prosthetic hook, Ross Turnbull … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibilty, Adaptive Aids, Adrienne Lauby, Blind, Movie, Sheela Gunn Cushman
Tagged Alex Locust, American Council of of the Blind, Ross Turnbull, Terminal Device
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Parinda Wanitwat: Living with Food Addiction
Listen 29 min We all know what someone who lives with an eating disorder looks like: Young, white and skinny! Right? But, as KPFA’s host physicist, Michio Kaku, says so often, “Hold on just a minute.â€Â In actuality, research says … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Individual disease and identity groups, Movie, resources, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Bulimia, Food Addiction, National Eating Disorders Association, Overeaters Anonymous, Parinda Wanitwat
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Fixed: The Science/ Fiction of Human Enhancement
From bionic limbs and neural implants to prenatal screening, researchers around the world are hard at work developing a myriad of technologies to fix or enhance the human body. Fixed: The Science/ Fiction of Human Enhancement takes a close look … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Movie, Science
Tagged bionic limbs, cosmetic surgery, Cressida Heyes, Dominika Bednarska, Fernanda Castelo, Gregor Wolbring, Hugh Herr, Jamais Cascio, James Hughes, John Hockenberry, Marcy Darnovsky, neural implants, Patty Berne, physical enhancement, prenatal screening, Rodney Brooks, Silvia Yee, Sujatha Jesudason, Tim Hemmes
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The Great British Paraorchestra & Genghis Blues
Listen 58 min The British Paraorchestra is the world’s first professional ensemble for disabled musicians. Founded in 2012, this 26 piece orchestra aspires to the highest quality while accommodating the needs of its eclectic musicians. Britain’s Channel 4 made a … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Blind, Film, Movie, Music, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Claire Whalley, Keli Ballinger, Kongar-ol Ondar, Lyn Levett, Oliver Cross, Paul Pena, The Great British Paraorchestra, throat-singing, Tuva
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The Empowered FeFes
Starting early for an expanded hour from 2-3 pm PST, 94.1 fm, KPFA. Three award-winning films made by young disabled women in Chicago. FeFe is a word for female, and these women live up their names by telling folks how … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Movie, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability, Teens
Tagged " "Doing It: Sex, "Beyond Disability: The FeFe Story, Chicago, Disability and Videotape", Empowered FeFes
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Disability Goes To The Movies
Friday, March 15, 2:30 pm, KPFA radio Is disability as portrayed in American popular cinema slowly transforming itself? Are filmmakers getting away from the good old days when a person with a disability was often viewed as a friendly, intellectually-challenged … Continue reading →