The Future of Storytelling, as Charted by Disabled Artists

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Even as we’re seeing more on-screen depictions of disability in films like “CODA” and “Sound of Metal,” the number of disabled people behind the camera remains low. That affects what stories are told — and their accuracy. As disabled artists push for more opportunities to tell their stories — on film, in visual art and through dance — we’ll talk with some in California who are advancing the cultural landscape of disability storytelling. We want to hear from you: What stories would you like to see told? Our thanks to Cathleen Riddley for ASL interpretation and Sherri Patti for live transcription during this hour. Guests: Nasreen Alkhateeb, filmmaker based in Los Angeles Alison O'Daniel, visual artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles and San Francisco Antoine Hunter (AKA Purple Fire Crow), director, producer and choreographer based in Oakland; founder, Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.0	From KQED.
1:28.3	From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Nina Kim. Even as we're seeing more on-screen depictions of disability in films like Coda and Sound of Metal,
1:34.3	the number of disabled people behind the camera remains low, and that affects what stories and the accuracy of stories that are told.
1:42.3	Twenty artists were recently awarded grants of $50,000 each from the Ford and Mellon
1:47.4	Foundations for their work advancing the cultural landscape of disability storytelling in film
1:53.8	and also dance, theater, writing, and more.
1:57.2	We'll meet three of the recipients after this news.
2:12.7	I'm Mina Kim. Welcome to Forum.
2:22.9	Antoine Hunter, also known as Purple Fire Crow, is an Oakland-based choreographer and founder of Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.
2:30.9	Los Angeles-based filmmaker Nasrin Al-Katib was Leeds and Matographer for Kamala Harris' vice presidential campaign.
2:36.5	They're part of the Ford and Mellon Foundation's 22 class of disability futures fellows, who in the foundation's words are shaping perspectives through their work,
2:42.2	using the different lenses they carry, including their disability. We'll meet three California
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