Race and Ableism: The Unspoken Intersectionality of Diversity in Film
Release Year: 2021
Our Unstoppable programmers have discussed how they have to get by in an industry that is predominantly male, white and able, and the pressure that comes from being a creator outside of these norms. We want to deconstruct the idea that you cannot work in film and be disabled and that diversity and disability are not separate, but "mutually inclusive." For example, in the BIPOC community we have been speaking about and accepting that our disabled community is not a weakness, but a strength. How do we normalize being differently abled while being a person of color?