Tag: Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

Film maker launches “SOCIAL FITNESS” as part of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge is a filmmaking contest that challenges filmmakers to produce original films in just five days (March 16-21, 2021) and gives new voices within the industry an opportunity to write and produce short films that challenge the limited representation of disabilities in the media by telling stories to showcase disability in its many forms. Although people with disabilities are 20% of the U.S. population, a Ruderman Family Foundation study found that only 2% of characters on Primetime TV have disabilities, with only 5% of those authentically…

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Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition Winners Announced at a Star-Studded Awards Ceremony

Stuart Mitchell

Recently a virtual “orange” carpet was rolled out by Sony Pictures for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition Awards Ceremony. The annual Film Challenge empowers filmmakers, with or without disabilities, to tell unique a stories, providing opportunities for inclusion and representation for the world’s largest minority group. In response to the pandemic, filmmakers were challenged to make a documentary short, all from the safety of their homes. Challenge participants had five days to craft their film, with the flexibility to incorporate previously shot footage in order to tell the…

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