Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: brain injury documentary

  • 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…

  • Can Disability art leave the Disability community? Yes!

    Listen to this post: Last night my film, “Friending with Brain Injury!” premiered in Portland at Disability Comedy Movie Night. We showed three other comedies; all were written by disabled artists, starred disabled artists, or both. The audience had folks with and without disabilities, and there was laughter all around at different times. We talked…

  • A response to National Disability Awareness Month

    Listen to this post: Click on the title to read an amazing article I found online today, called “National Disability Awareness Month: The Best Compliment Is No Compliment at All.” She tells about how offensive it is when people talk to her disabled 70-year old husband like he is a child ignore him and talk…

  • How do you tell someone else’s story?

    Listen to this post: If you’ve been to my other site you might have seen a glowing endorsement of the documentary film “Marwencol.” I keep a running list of stories and arts by people with brain injuries on that site. Rarely do I want to watch any movie more than once, but this one has been…

  • What happens before you make a documentary?

    Listen to this post: Some folks have asked how the film is going. I share your enthusiasm! I don’t have much to show for progress at this point, though. So you might be wondering what we’re working on at this point. A lot of pre-planning goes into a documentary film. Step one is that I…