Audio and Video Resources
Audio
Stolen Lives: Songs of Freedom
Available for purchase from ADAPT
Web: www.adapt.org/cdoffer.htm
For additional information see Johnny Crescendo’s website
Web: www.johnnycrescendo.com
This CD is a collection of disability rights songs written and sung by artists
who have experienced what it means to be a disabled person in this
world. The twelve songs illustrate the ongoing struggle for civil, human and
disability rights. Artists include: Johnny Crescendo, Elaine Kolb, Ian Stanton
and Diane Coleman. Songs include: "Free Our People," "Tear Down the
Walls," and "Talkin' Disabled Anarchist Blues."
Video / CD / DVD
A Little History Worth Knowing
1998, 22 minutes, CC/OC/AD, VHS
Program Development Associates
Web: www.disabilitytraining.com
From ancient times to telethons to today's disability movement, this
program traces the often-over-looked history of people with disabilities.
This program looks at: stereotypes in films, TV, and other media; the
ongoing struggle for disability rights; the effects of technology on people’s
ability to work and live independently; disability as a diversity issue; and
historical stereotypes, including the “medical model”.
Big Enough
2004, 53 minutes, CC, DVD/VHS
Fanlight Productions
Web: www.fanlight.com
Jan Krawitz and Thomas Ott's 1981 film, Little People, chronicled the birth
of a new consciousness among dwarfs as they struggled toward equal
opportunity and enhanced self-esteem. Broadcast nationally by PBS, the
film was nominated for an Emmy and won numerous other festival
awards. In 2000, Krawitz set out to revisit many of the people she had
profiled in Little People, to find out how the past twenty years had treated
their hopes, expectations and fears.
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How Difficult Can This Be: The F.A.T. City Workshop
1999, 75 minutes, CC, DVD/VHS
Program Development Associates
Web: www.disabilitytraining.com
One of several F.A.T. City resources, this program looks at the world
through the eyes of a child with learning disabilities by taking you to a
workshop attended by parents, educators, psychologists and social
workers. There they join in a series of classroom activities which, cause
frustration, anxiety and tension -- emotions all too familiar to the student
with a learning disability.
King Gimp
1999, 50 minutes, CC, DVD/VHS
Program Development Associates
Web: www.disabilitytraining.com
Filmed over thirteen years, this program chronicles the life of Dan
Keplinger, an individual born with cerebral palsy, from his years in a
“special school” to his college graduation. The program is a portrait of an
artist's birth, and Dan’s ongoing career as a successful painter.
Kiss My Wheels
2003, 56 minutes, CC, VHS
Fanlight Productions
Web: www.fanlight.com
This program follows the Zia Hot Shots, a nationally ranked junior
wheelchair basketball team, through a season of training and tournament
competition. This diverse, co-ed group of adolescent athletes addresses a
variety of complex issues including gender conflicts, injuries and illness.
Look Who’s Laughing
1994, 56 minutes, CC, DVD/VHS
Program Development Associates
Web: www.disabilitytraining.com
This funny and compelling documentary is about the lives, experiences
and humor of six comedians who have various types of disabilities. Loud, Proud and Prosperous: Microcredit Projects by and for Women with
Disabilities in Southern Africa
2003, 22 minutes, OC, VHS
Mobility International U.S.A.
Web: www.miusa.org
This program features women with disabilities in Zambia and Zimbabwe
participating in microcredit programs. Through interviews with disabled
businesswomen and at their places of enterprise, the video promotes
new, more accurate images of women with disabilities in developing
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countries as micro-entrepreneurs supporting themselves and their families.
This program is recommended for use in women’s studies, international
studies, and disability studies programs.
Pioneers in Disability Rights and Community Organizing
DVDs, time varies by interview
The Center for Independent Living (CIL) Management Center
Web: www.cilmc.org
The individuals interviewed are nationally recognized leaders in the
disability advocacy community. They have years of experience in
successfully creating change for people with disabilities on the local,
regional, state, and national levels.
The Independent Living Philosophy and History DVD Tutorial
2003, time varies by item, DVD
The Center for Independent Living (CIL) Management Center
Web: www.cilmc.org
This computer-based tutorial presents the values and beliefs of people
with disabilities and examines the ways the values, beliefs and behaviors
of non-disabled people influenced the development of independent
living philosophy. The tutorial includes a one-hour film on the struggle for
disability rights.
Twitch and Shout
1994, 59 minutes, CC, VHS
Fanlight Productions
Web: www.fanlight.com
This program provides an intimate journey into the world of Tourette
Syndrome (TS), a genetic disorder that can cause a range of involuntary
movements, vocalizations, and compulsions. Through the eyes of a
photojournalist with TS, the film introduces viewers to others who have this
disorder, including a professional basketball player, an artist, an actress,
and a lumberjack.
Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back
1995, 48 minutes, OC, VHS
Fanlight Productions
Web: www.fanlight.com
This program explores the politics of disability through the performances,
debates and late-night conversations of activists at a national conference
on Disability & the Arts. Including interviews with well known disability rights
advocates such as Cheryl Marie Wade, Mary Duffy and Harlan Hahn, Vital
Signs conveys the intensity, variety and vitality of disability culture today.
This film contains strong language and nudity.
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Voices in a Deaf Theatre
1996, 24 minutes, CC, VHS
Fanlight Productions
Web: www.fanlight.com
This program follows a cast of Deaf and hearing actors as they prepare to
stage Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. This program offers
viewers a window into Deaf culture, as well as an opportunity to witness
the way two groups, with a common goal but very different
communication tools, can work together. Study Guide included.
When Billy Broke his Head … and other tales of wonder
1994, 57 minutes, CC, VHS
Fanlight Productions [organizational use]
Web: www.fanlight.com
Mouth Magazine [individual use]
Web: www.mouthmag.com
This program follows award winning radio journalist Billy Golfus, who
became brain injured in a motor scooter accident. This video, as he says,
"ain't exactly your inspirational cripple story." It's a documentary with
attitude, which will entertain, enlighten, and even enrage its viewers.
Disability is not just a medical fact; it is also a political reality. In this
irreverent, first person road movie, Billy meets disabled people around the
country, and witnesses the strength and anger that have been forging a
powerful disability rights movement in America.
On A Roll: Family, Disability and the American Dream
2004, 56 minutes, CC, DVD
Web: www.onarolldocumentary.com
Web: www.thestrengthcoach.com
Web: www.aquariusproductions.com
This program follows radio show host and motivational speaker Greg Smith
who dubs himself “the wheelchair dude with attitude.” His nationally
syndicated radio program, reaches out to not just the millions of
Americans living with disabilities, but to all Americans.
In this
documentary, Smith addresses a variety of personal and public issues
about living with a disability in America.
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