Tag: disability documentary

  • Not Home: A documentary about kids living in nursing facilities

    Listen to this post:  If there’s one thing I love in a documentary film, it’s when the movie is made by someone from within the community shown or who deeply connects themselves to the people in the film and their experiences. Ok, and also when the film comes with a call to action. To me, it’s not…

  • “Flo”: a documentary by Riley Hooper

    Listen to this post:  Here is a very cool short documentary I saw on The New York Times online called “Flo: Portrait of a Street Photographer.” I think it’s beautiful. I don’t love the short description of the film they have on their site. They say that in spite of her disabilities, she’s still a…

  • King Gimp documentary on Dan Keplinger

    Listen to this post:  For anyone who warns you that spending too much time on the internet is a bad thing across the board, I got something to say: I may not have any memory of how I came across this link just 20 minutes ago, but finding out about the documentary “King Gimp” online…

  • Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals: Superfest Dissies

    Listen to this post:  If you haven’t recognized by now that my sense of humor is often pretty dark, wry, self-deprecating, and politically motivated, I’ll just let you know now that it is. I will critique anything you put in front of me and have fun doing it. At this point, critiquing things around disability…