-
Featured Oral History Project at Krempels Center
Listen to this post: The Krempels Center was founded by a peer with traumatic brain injury who saw how far-reaching our community’s needs are: from financial hardship to isolation. The organization has grown over the years and provides many types of supports to folks with brain injury and their families and care partners. Members of…
-
Featured Oral History Project on Disability Activism: It’s Our Story
Listen to this post: It’s pretty hard to come across first-hand stories of disability and disability history in the media. So I was super excited to find the online, interactive oral history project called “It’s Our Story: Answers From America’s Disability Activists” at www.itsourstory.org. It’s Our Story is a digital archive of more than 1,000 interviews…
-
USA Projects love song
Listen to this post: Many of you visiting this blog helped fund “Who Am I To Stop It” by donating to USA Projects back in the early days when the film was called “The Art of Brain Injury.” We had such great success with the campaign that USA Projects asked me to make a brief…
-
Meet the documentary team: Paulius Kontijevas
Listen to this post: I guess I start by introducing myself. My name is Paulius Kontijevas, I’m the Director of Photography and the camera operator for the film that the talented Cheryl Green and Cynthia Lopez are making. My true passion has always been documentary filmmaking and although I get involved in various types of…
-
Big fun news
Listen to this post: For anyone out there who’s ever made something, seen something made, or wanted to know how something is made, I can tell you there’s one thing always at play: resources. Just this week Portland’s Hollywood Theatre accepted our documentary in their fiscal sponsorship program. That’s a partnership where we can seek funding available…