The ability to cast actors with disabilities as characters with disabilities is a complex issue, and we have other things we need to focus on, first, when it comes to disability and film.
Dominick discusses the great injustice the disability community faces, when depicting disability in film, particularly The Normal Heart’s recent production.
Community Building is a necessary component to any creative career. Here are a few tips for screenwriters on how to build a fanbase.
Facts show whales in captivity live shorter lives. They have less stimulation, get bored easily and grieve the loss of their babies who are taken from them a few years after birth. These whales deserve better. It is my Christmas wish to give them that.
While I have dealt with blatant discrimination by my peers, in the film program at Wright State University, my professors have tried very hard to include me and work with me.
Our local indoor football team offered us a $1000 donation for my thesis film, Trip. Now that it is time to pay us, they are out of town and won’t be paying until much later (if at all) causing our budget to fall short.
After having my wheelchair break down and facing being unaccepted in my daily life, I try to explain what I am thinking and how I am feeling. Nobody can ever tell me how I feel or what I think is wrong.
It doesn’t get better if you have a disability. You just learn to deal with it and hope one day people learn to treat you like a human being.
Last year, I shot a film called Forbidden Fate. It is about a man who is lying about who he is. When the truth is discovered, he must face all of his worst fears. This is a tale of identity, sexuality and homophobia. Please consider donating. Every dollar helps.
Some of the lessons I have learned from filming a web series over the last 2-3 months. This was a big project, especially for a student filmmaker with very little crew support.
