Author: Cheryl

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 44: Red

    Listen to this post (the podcast is at the bottom): I found an old, scrappy video I made of Lavaun a decade ago. She was developing a project to do stories about colors. As an artist with low vision, she never stopped wondering about the best ways to bring a color description to life so…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 43: Corn, Bagels, and Captions

    Listen to this post. (The podcast is at the bottom of the post.) I found a cute meme that has screenshots from a movie in which these two young white people are having a conversation on a sunny day outside by some very tall grass. The guy looks either puzzled or flirtatious, then the girl…

  • An Open Book Conversation with Rahnee Patrick and Grace Tsao: Year of the Tiger

    Listen to this post: Please join me in supporting the Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium (CCAC). I love this organization. Their mission is to empower cultural spaces to become more accessible to visitors with disabilities. This December, CCAC presents An Open Book Conversation with Rahnee Patrick and Grace Tsao, who will be discussing Year of the Tiger,…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 42: Stinky Chicken Dog 2

    Listen to this post: (The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.) Jenni Funk and I collaborated on Stinky Chicken Dog 2 in 2018. The film got an enthusiastic reception at our Portland premiere and at Superfest a few years ago. It’s long past time I took down the password to bring this…

  • 36th Annual Superfest Disability Film Festival

    Listen to this post: Celebrate! If there’s anything I regret around Superfest it’s that I don’t blog about how much I love the festival all year long. This year’s the 36th festival, and as always, it’s a great lineup of Deaf and disability films from nearly a dozen different countries representing some of the true…