Changing the Hollywood Industry
Interviewees offer their experience and suggestions for making change in the filmmaking industry.
Access to Jobs and Changing Disability Narratives with Aly Patsavas
Change vs improvement over time, conflating actors playing disabled characters with narrative change
On Change-agents and Shifting Standards with Mat Fraser
Lionel Barrymore, public readiness for disability stories
Talking about “Reality” and Money-Making with Susan Nussbaum
Hollywood as industry and delivery system, removing disability from society
On the Power of Advocacy with Lawrence Carter-Long
Disability activism, missing disability history in films, ADA, 504 protests
Portraiture and the “Single Shot” with Riva Lehrer
Autonomy, power, overcoming narratives
Working as a Disabled Artist
From our pre-production archives: Victoria Ann Lewis, Lynn Manning, Tekki Lomnicki, Lawrence Carter-Long, working in Hollywood