Who Am I To Stop It

Category: Musings on documentary films

  • Renegades on PBS: Disabled historical figures in the US

    Listen to this post: Renegades is a documentary short series about disabled icons premiering on PBS for American Masters. Hosted by award-winning musician and disability rights champion Lachi, Renegades premieres Tuesdays, October 1 – October 29 on American Masters’ YouTube channel, PBS.org, and the PBS App. The world premiere was hosted at the Kennedy Center on…

  • New Day Films’ Reframe & Refresh: Disability in the Arts

    Listen to this post: Reframe & Refresh is a monthly webinar series for the education and filmmaking community to have refreshing conversations that reframe our perspectives. In my mind, it’s been the most exciting project to come out of New Day Films since I joined, and it’s my great honor that I got to be…

  • Stinky Chicken Dog

    Listen to this post: I’m so very excited to introduce you to first-time filmmaker Jenni Funk and her short documentary, “Stinky Chicken Dog.” I gotta hand it to her for that name. It’s just the best. Jenni and I worked together on “Stinky Chicken Dog” for only about 10 hours. I really admire Jenni because…

  • Stopping and moving

    Listen to this post: In the years since we started making “Who Am I To Stop It,” I’ve thought countless times about the title. That might be because I can’t count. But I also just find it an interesting title. Most people add a question mark at the end. And why wouldn’t they? It’s a…

  • My Beautiful Broken Brain Review

    Listen to this post: I am so glad I just watched the Netflix documentary “My Beautiful Broken Brain” about documentary film producer Lotje Sodderland from 2014. I typically have no patience for documentaries that begin with people talking about the film’s main star, but you don’t hear from the star themselves. Especially when it’s about disability,…