Disability & Media Alliance Project
As a black disabled woman, I went into the Crip Camp premiere with a lot of preconceived notions. As a journalist and critic, I know better than to do so, but as a disabled woman, that knowledge muddled a bit. Let me explain, I went to a press screening of Crip Camp during Sundance 2020 certain I’d leave having watched yet another film filled with inspiration porn, praise for the nondisabled people in the documentary, and a list of the dead disabled people to precede the credits.
U.S. Documentary, Audience Award: Crip Camp, directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. #Sundance2020
REPRESENTATION MATTERS: Lawrence Carter-Long, communications director for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), spokesperson for the National Disability Leadership Alliance, and Creative Bursary judge believes that upgrading the way society sees disability begins with the creative process: “The Disability Stories grants have gone beyond wishful thinking by giving photographers the actual means to turn inspiration into perspiration—to make their creative vision real.”
The celebration was a great success and featured Comedian, Actor, and Disability Advocate Maysoon Zayid
Zona Roberts and Maysoon And recognizing Verizon Media, Getty Images and the National Disability Leadership Alliance who partnered to create The Disability Collection, a growing collection of stock images that break stereotypes and authentically portray people with disabilities in everyday life.