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Who Am I To Stop It at Whitsell Auditorium
Listen to this post: Thankfully, none of you readers or listeners has ever complained that technically, Who Am I To Stop It has never actually premiered out in the world. We’ve screened on college campuses and in community groups across the US, in Canada, and in the UK. But other than a couple of super-secret,…
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Film screening at the OHSU Brain Institute
Listen to this post: What better way to honor National Brain Injury Awareness Month than by showing Who Am I To Stop It, I ask you. How about showing that film for free sponsored by the Brain Institute at OHSU? I’ll take it! A few years back, I screened a film that had absolutely nothing…
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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…
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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…
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Documentary Review: Shameless: The ART of Disability
Listen to this post: “Shameless: The ART of Disability” is a 2007 film you can watch on the site for the National Film Board of Canada. You can view this 70-minute documentary with Closed Captions and/or Audio Description or neither. It’s directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein who joined the disability community after two strokes caused…