{"id":468616,"date":"2020-05-04T05:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=468616"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:30","slug":"ep-76-film-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/04\/ep-76-film-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 76: Film Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6283\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-468616-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=468616-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_76_final.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('468616-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_468616-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_468616-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=468616-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D468616\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s episode is about film festivals and I speak with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamputee.com\/\">Alex Locust<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.berkeley.edu\/karen-nakamura\">Karen Nakamura<\/a>, two jury members for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superfestfilm.com\/\">Superfest Disability Film Festival<\/a>, a festival organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu\/\">Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability<\/a> at San Francisco State University. Alex and Karen talk about what it\u2019s like to be on a jury, what it means to have a film festival that\u2019s radically inclusive and centered on disabled audiences, and how festivals like Superfest are advancing disability representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XHbgnf9ukpi0KTgM5ZX4PEFr-Yud_cKr7iRV0QqGfIM\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Film-Festivals.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_468620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468620\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"468620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/04\/ep-76-film-festivals\/aaa-334\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?fit=960%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AAA-334\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photograph of Karen Nakamura (an asian american woman with short hair) holding her service dog Momo, a grey and white beagle. The photograph is studio quality.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?fit=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-468620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?resize=340%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photograph of Karen Nakamura (an asian american woman with short hair) holding her service dog Momo, a grey and white beagle. The photograph is studio quality.\" width=\"340\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/AAA-334.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-468620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of Karen Nakamura (an asian american woman with short hair) holding her service dog Momo, a grey and white beagle. The photograph is studio quality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Karen Nakamura<\/strong> is a cultural and visual anthropologist at the University of California Berkeley. Her first book was titled Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity (2006). Her next project resulted in two ethnographic films and a monograph titled, A Disability of the Soul: An Ethnography of Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Contemporary Japan (2014). She is currently working on the intersections of transsexuality and disability politics in postwar Japan while heading the UC Berkeley Disability Lab where she is also working on the intersections of artificial intelligence, technology, and disability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disability.jp\/nakamura\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.disability.jp\/nakamura<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nasukaren\">@nasukaren<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_468621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468621\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"468621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/04\/ep-76-film-festivals\/alex-locust-headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?fit=3663%2C5495&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3663,5495\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alex Locust &amp;#8211; headshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alex, an above the knee amputee, poses joyously in a monochromatic light blue outfit and a dark blue bandana around his neck. Balancing on his crutches, he beams looking off into the distance with his dark brown, wavy hair framing his face.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-468621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=300%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alex, an above the knee amputee, poses joyously in a monochromatic light blue outfit and a dark blue bandana around his neck. Balancing on his crutches, he beams looking off into the distance with his dark brown, wavy hair framing his face.\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?resize=1800%2C2700&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alex-Locust-headshot.jpg?w=2720&amp;ssl=1 2720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-468621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex, an above the knee amputee, poses joyously in a monochromatic light blue outfit and a dark blue bandana around his neck. Balancing on his crutches, he beams looking off into the distance with his dark brown, wavy hair framing his face.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Alex Locust<\/strong> (he\/him\/his) is a proud, multiracial &#8220;glamputee&#8221; spreading the word about disability justice, one workshop at a time. Whether on the runway or in a counseling session, Alex aspires to emulate the tenacity of the trailblazers before him and fiercely advocates for equity in all community spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamputee.com\/\">https:\/\/www.glamputee.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Glamputee\">@glamputee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whoamitostopit.com\/\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Audio Producer, Host<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3408-backbay-lounge\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backbay Lounge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3454-bossa-antigua\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bossa Antigua<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/3553-cool-vibes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cool Vibes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Kevin MacLeod. License:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Jack_Master.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/a>\u201d by sheepfilms.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_76_final.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS&nbsp; Today\u2019s episode is about film festivals and I speak with Alex Locust and Karen Nakamura, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/04\/ep-76-film-festivals\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 76: Film Festivals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":468623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[587152318,1],"tags":[3471,587152827,125524999,58990044,587152701,587152383,117331,58420,147862,1093,68683],"class_list":["post-468616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","tag-accessibility","tag-deaf-filmmakers","tag-disability-in-film","tag-disability-representation","tag-disabled-film-directors","tag-disabled-filmmakers","tag-film-festivals","tag-filmmakers","tag-inclusion","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-bay-area","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IG-alex-and-karen.png?fit=1080%2C566&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1XUk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}