Category: Making this film

  • “The World Unclear: Life with Brain Trauma” documentary

    Listen to this post: Have a look at the following clips of a documentary. It was made by Athena about her cousin, Danielle to help the community understand Danielle’s severe traumatic brain injury. More than that it was to help the community understand that Danielle is still a complete, whole, valuable person even as the…

  • This film has a new name!

    Listen to this post: After much musing, wondering, discussing, and fretting, we have finally renamed our film! “Who Am I To Stop It” is the new name, and WhoAmIToStopIt.com is the new URL for this blog. But why? Why did you change it? Frankly, the working title “The Art of Brain Injury” was not enticing…

  • Time for a Haas Pause

    Listen to this post: We had our first interview with visual artist Kris Haas today. It was such a delight. In case you aren’t familiar with her last name, the last sound is a “z,” not an “s.” Not surprisingly, I can’t remember most of what we talked about. One thing that does stand out…

  • Behind the scenes sneak peek

    Listen to this post: Here is a shot of Jeff and me warming up for his big interview. Actually, we’re in the middle of a series of off-color jokes. Jeff’s involved a rhino and an elephant, and Esteban’s (our sound guy) involved only one elephant. Here’s Jeff enjoying my joke about lobster tails, which I…

  • First interview done!

    Listen to this post: Today I accomplished two wonderful things: the first filmed interview for the documentary and then a long nap. At first, it may sound silly to call those both wonderful. We interviewed Jeff Black today, and I know he can agree with me on calling naps wonderful: we both have a workplace…