Month: February 2013

  • Meet the documentary team: Esteban Ortiz

    Listen to this post read by Esteban Ortiz:  Esteban is our awesome sound recordist for the documentary. I met Esteban when he came to work on sound for “Cooking with Brain Injury.” I was really excited to have another person without brain injury interested in my work. It was only after we starting filming the…

  • Behind the scenes sneak peek: Jeff Black’s art show

    Listen to this post: Here are a few shots from Jeff’s art opening at Beard’s Framing in Vancouver, WA. He’s been the featured artist over there for the month of February! Remember those two pictures that were in progress posted on this blog? They were in this show, and two pieces sold at the reception.

  • Meet the Documentary Team: Cynthia “Jeans” Lopez

    Listen to this post: When I first met Cheryl, we were both graduate students working on a literacy research project at Portland State University. I left that research position, in part due to my fear of laminated badges, and over the next few years I worked toward becoming an ethnographic researcher and/or visual anthropologist. But…

  • Meet the Documentary Team: Sandy Morgan

    Listen to this post:  Hi! My name is Sandy Morgan and I am the social media director for the film Who Am I To Stop It. That means I consult on social media strategy and content creation. A little over a year ago, I founded Detail Minded LLC to help entrepreneurs grow their business with research and social…

  • Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals: Cinema Touching Disability

    Listen to this post:  Howdy, filmmakers. Check out the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities and the Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival! Submissions are now open for the 2013 competition. I submitted my film just this morning! This festival started in 2004. The idea was “to create a film festival to counter negative stereotypes about people with…