This Saturday, the longest running disability film festival in the world begins. Whether online or in person, you’re sure to see diverse, unabashed and engaging cinema. In the two decades of Pushing Limits, we’ve watched the ethos of disability organizing from the 1970s be embraced by a new generation of disabled cultural workers and organizations. Superfest’s … Continued
Executive Director Catherine Kudlick of the Paul Longmore Institute at San Francisco State University is our guest. The Institute was named after one of the more prominent contemporary historians/scholars in the disability community. Part think-tank, part cultural center, the Longmore Institute introduces new ideas about disability and disabled people. The work at the intersection of … Continued
Superfest, the world’s longest running disability film festival, runs this month in Berkeley, California. We interview Alice Elliot, director of the Best of Festival winner, “Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy” director, and discuss disability issues in film. With information from Liane Yasumoto, the executive producer of Culture!Disability!Talent! the organization which produces Superfest.
