Zoom link to watch Crip Video Productions perform with Teatro Paraguas

 Register on Zoom now! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kUJ-DG9JTzuTIfgKgVGHCg 

 Teatro Paraguas theater and Crip Video Productions have collaborated in the past for screenings of all 4 Crip Video Productions films at different times in 2015 and in 2018 that you can read about in our "achieve" post sections on this blog. https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-mexico-2018-screening-press-release.html  https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2019/01/santa-fe-new-mexico-screening-parts-1.html  Now Crip Video Productions is performing in a Zoom play titled "Home for the Holidays: Con Amor y Gozo," a Zoom play by Alix Hudson on Friday, December 18 2020 7:00pm mountain time on Zoom. Please watch the play and consider donating to Teatro Paraguas! This is an inclusive play where disabled performers and non-disabled performers perform together! Read our previous post about the play here (edited to include Zoom link)  https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2020/12/crip-video-productions-performs-with.html 

 Zoom and Xerb register links here! 

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https://xerb.tv/channel/teatro-paraguas/virtual-events/1559 

Teatro Paraguas presents A Musical Piñata for Christmas VIII on Zoom & xerb.tv

WHAT: 8th Annual A Musical Piñata for Christmas community celebration

WHEN: Friday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Live on Zoom, available afterwards on xerb.tv

Zoom link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kUJ-DG9JTzuTIfgKgVGHCg  

Free! Donations gratefully accepted!

On Friday, December 18, 2020, Teatro Paraguas will present A Musical Piñata for Christmas VIII, an annual community celebration for the Holidays.  This virtual offering features a short play by Alix Hudson and Paola vengoechea Martini, entitled Home for the Holidays: Con Amor y Gozo, which will be live on Zoom.  Afterwards the audience is invited to join us for a virtual gathering.

The play will be posted afterwards on xerb.tv with videos of short scenes and carols and holiday music by the Teatro Paraguas Orchestra from previous community celebrations.

Alix Hudson & Paola Vengoechea-Martini's short play, Home for the Holidays: Con Amor y Gozo, is a Spanglish romp of Advent (and Chanukah) 2020. In Home for the Holidays, the 20 actors of all ages from our Paraguas family are also a literal family -- desperately trying to cobble together a "normal" Christmas for the family matriarch, Mama JoJo (JoJo Sena de Tarnoff). But group Christmas preparations on Zoom don't prove easy in the midst of the pandemic. Mama JoJo's daughters (Cristina Vigil, Juliet Salazar, Jeni Tincher, Alix Hudson, Sharla Stearn, Julia Gay, Paola Vengoechea-Martini) each take different approaches coping with the stress, from remedios to music to micromanagement, and Tio Padre Froggy (Rudy Fernandez) worries about composing his famous Misa del Gallo homily. While the teenagers (Luca Martini, Shaunti Sitonik, Amaya Smith) are more than okay with the lax oversight, their little primos (Logan Gay, Josephine Tincher, Emilia Martini) worry about the rest of the family. Eclectic Uncles (Stephen Jules Rubin, Argos MacCallum) remind us of our Musical Piñata for Christmas tradition, now in its 8th year. And observing this locura are the New York cousins, who have no excuse not to attend the family Christmas in its online format. The NY primos are played by New York City-based Crip Video Productions   http://cripvideoproductions.com  company members from "A Stroke Of Endurance" http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php  Margot Cole, John Diodato, and Izabela Ginda. Will the familia pull off the perfect rendition of Mama JoJo's favorite carol, "Vamos Todos a Belén," despite the odds?? Join us at 9pm NYC time, 7pm Mountain Time, on December 18th -- on Zoom! -- to find out.

This information is reposted with full permission of Teatro Paraguas! 

DISCLAIMER: This online production has no connection to Crip Video Productions. Crip Video Productions does NOT receive monetary gain from any aspect of this production. Donations go to Teatro Paraguas, NOT Crip Video Productions! This is an entirely separate project. This event is posted by Crip Video Productions for advertisement purposes only! All copyright belongs to original owners!  

Santa Fe New Mexico screening parts 1 and 2 archive

These  posts are from March 24th and March 25th 2018. These posts appear in order, top to bottom. Part 1 on top. Part 2 on bottom.

“A Stroke Of Endurance” Santa Fe Screening 2018 part 1

Tonight (March 24th) we had the first of 2 special screenings of “A Stroke Of Endurance” in Santa Fe New Mexico at Teatro Paraguas. In 2015 we had a screening of the 3 previous Crip Video Productions films. Once I knew that I would be making “A Stroke Of Endurance” my friends at Teatro Paraguas promised to screen it once it had been completed. 

[Image Description: A table with refreshments and flowers has playbills and flyers for “A Stroke Of Endurance”! ]

The screening tonight was amazing! We had a much, much larger turnout than we had in 2015. Many audience members where members of the disabled community of Santa Fe or were in some way connected to the disability community.One of the audience members helped disabled people with employment opportunities and I had helped him with resources. I really enjoyed being a positive example for others with disabilities and their friends and family.  We showed the trailers for “Drama Sighted” “Only Those Who Limp Allowed” and “Crips Not Creeps” before the full film “A Stroke Of Endurance”. I gave a small talk about the films before we showed the trailers and film.  I got to hear wonderful audience reactions. The audience seemed to love the film. The Q&A had some great questions. One person asked if I would ever return to Santa Fe for a visit. Another person asked if I would ever combine my science interests with my films more. I talked about why I started Crip Video Productions in the first place, the origin of the use of “Crip” in the name of the production group, and how a wonderful lady who is a stroke survivor living in Santa Fe had helped me research strokes by telling me her experiences.  

We have permission from Teatro Paraguas to write this blog post! Special thanks to JoJo Tarnoff, Jeff Tarnoff, Argos MacCallum,Lori Zucker, and all of Teatro Paraguas for this once in a lifetime opportunity to share my work with the world!!! 

Crip Video Productions invites anyone reading this to please, please join us  tomorrow Sunday March 25th 2018 at Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie Suite A at 2:00pm to see another screening of “A Stroke Of Endurance” with a special Skype Q&A with cast and crew!

EDIT: This screening has already happened. Read part 2 

“A Stroke Of Endurance” Santa Fe screening 2018 part 2

Today (March 25th) we had our second special screening of “A Stroke Of Endurance” at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe New Mexico USA. After JoJo’s introduction I talked about my mission to tell good stories about disability in life affirming ways. We showed the trailers for the previous films and then the full film again like yesterday. The audience was absolutely wonderful! 

This time we were able to get around the technical issues with Skype that we had the previous night so after “A Stroke Of Endurance” was shown some of my cast and crew were able to join in on the Q&A. We had 3 cast members and one crew member. The audience gave us beautiful compliments. One disabled audience member loved how the characters in the film didn’t let anything stop them from what they wanted to do despite any challenges they had and found all the characters inspiring in the best way. Another audience member loved the empathy between the characters and did not want the film to end. Someone wanted a sequel to Professor Ben’s story. Everybody wanted me to make a 5th film eventually. One of the audience members who was an actor told Tim Snoha who plays Professor Ben how moved he was by his performance and that he could not tell which actors were disabled. The biggest surprise came when one of the audience members wanted to create something in Santa Fe for people with disabilities inspired by and modeled after Crip Video Productions and “A Stroke Of Endurance”. It has always been my biggest hope that Crip Video Productions would inspire others to do their own creative and disability based work so this made our day! 

We have permission from Teatro Paraguas to write this blog post! Special thanks to JoJo Tarnoff, Jeff Tarnoff, Argos MacCallum,Lori Zucker, and all of Teatro Paraguas for this once in a lifetime opportunity to share my work with Santa Fe! We hope anyone reading this post who missed the screening will please check out “A Stroke Of Endurance” online along with our other 3 films available online and on here on the blog! 

Santa Fe 2018 screening press archive

These are archived posts from the Spring of 2018. Older posts on bottom.



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For our fans with Facebook accounts! Please share widely! Use hashtag #astrokeofendurance 

Teatro Paraguas in collaboration with Crip Video Productions, presents screenings of “A Stroke Of Endurance” a film about friendship, faith, and endurance.
Dates: Saturday March 24th 2018 at 7:00pm. & Sunday March 25th 2018 at 2:00pm. Located at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie suite A, Santa Fe New Mexico.
Synopsis: A college student with Cerebral Palsy named Ava and her classmates must deal with the emotional and physical ramifications when their professor has a stroke that leaves him disabled in the middle of the semester when they least expect it.
Crips Video Productions makes short independent films that increase understanding of disability through engaging characters and storytelling. The films are created by people with disabilities and are written, directed and produced by Margot Cole, (a former student of The Childrens Theatre and a graduate of Kingsborough Community College in New York). For more info: Teatro Paraquas http://www.teatroparaguas.org
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See “A Stroke Of Endurance” in Santa Fe!

Teatro Paraguas in collaboration with Crip Video Productions, presents public screenings of “A Stroke Of Endurance” a film about friendship, faith, and endurance. 

Dates: Saturday March 24th 2018 at 7:00pm. & Sunday March 25th 2018 at 2:00pm. Located at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie suite A, Santa Fe New Mexico.  

Synopsis: A college student with Cerebral Palsy named Ava and her classmates must deal with the emotional and physical ramifications when their professor has a stroke that leaves him disabled in the middle of the semester when they least expect it. 

Crips Video Productions makes short independent films that increase understanding of disability through engaging characters and storytelling. The films are created by people with disabilities and are written, directed and produced by Margot Cole, (a former student of The Childrens Theatre and a graduate of Kingsborough Community College in New York). Q&A with cast and crew of “A Stroke Of Endurance” film to follow screening! For more info: Teatro Paraquas http://www.teatroparaguas.org  

EDIT: This screening has already happened. 

https://ourautistichistory.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/adelaide-dupont-crip-video-productions/ 

A blog called “Our Autistic History” has re shared the awesome review by the blogger “HalfWay Up Rysy Peak” of “A Stroke Of Endurance”! 

Please note: the open captioned accessible version of “A Stroke Of Endurance” was released on December 15th 2017 and was added to the website after this review was created!

“A Stroke Of Endurance” hits 1,000 views!

This post may contain minor spoilers for “A Stroke Of Endurance”. Please watch the film first to avoid spoilers! 

“A Stroke Of Endurance” has hit 1,000 views today on youtube! (Jan 15, with 1,007 as of this posts writing). 

{Image Description: youtube video with woman with crutches. View count is 1,007 on video) 

“A Stroke Of Endurance” has come a long way so far. Many fans have already expressed that “A Stroke Of Endurance” is their favorite Crip Video Productions film. People love that the characters in the film are of different ages and have different disabilities. The film has fans all the way in India. Once the film was uploaded many stroke survivors had contacted us to let us know they relate to the film, that it is very accurate to their experiences with stroke and disability and thanked us for getting our message across. We have already had a screening premiere of the film and we have at least 2 major public screenings planned which will hopefully occur in spring 2018.

When I first started writing I wasn’t sure how successful the film would be. It was roughly  based on my professor who had a stroke in 2015. When I first met him I could see he was very kind,generous, and very smart. Not just book smart. He could understand people very well and had good instincts. He was very expressive with his body language when teaching and had a vast knowledge of many subjects. He had this vibrancy where he would embrace life head on. He did not let fear control him. If I could re create even just a small piece of that spark, the bright light in him, I knew I could create something wonderful. With “A Stroke Of Endurance” I wanted to show disability comes with both good and bad aspects, because I felt certain movies only put emphasis on the bad aspects of disability. Since I kept seeing mass produced movies about disabled characters who wanted to die shortly after becoming newly disabled I wanted to make a film about a newly disabled person who wanted to live, not to die!  I wanted people who were new to the experience of life with a disability to know that they can come to us who have lived with disability from birth or childhood for support. Through my experiences in making “A Stroke of Endurance”. I realized that I knew things about life because of the CP that could be valuable to others in a sense that I was reminded that God gave me Cerebral Palsy and writing talents so I can help others with my films. It is my hope that my current and future work can let people know that disabled people are also made in the image of God and that their lives are highly valuable. 

I hope our fans continue to enjoy the film. To watch the film again or share the film with others see here!  http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/167756665756/a-stroke-of-endurance-a-film-by-margot-cole-the 

Summer 2015 screening archive

This are archived posts from Summer 2015. Older posts are on the bottom.

“Margot,
You were so eloquent and down to earth in the Q and A.  My daughter was really impressed and I am sure all of the others were too.  You rock!
Michael”

— 

Michael Sheppard

Michael Sheppard sent this wonderful message to me after our Crips Not Creeps screening last night. This message is posted with Michael’s full permission! He set up the entire screening for the Big Sky Learning summer camp in Santa Fe New Mexico. Michael is an amazing person and an even greater friend! I am forever grateful to him for all of his efforts! Special thanks to Michael for this fantastic once in a lifetime opportunity! 

Big Sky Learning screening report

We just had our screening at Big Sky Learning and it was another SMASHING SUCCESS!! To start at the beginning I use to be a math and writing student at Big Sky Learning in 2007 where I met Michael Sheppard. I became very close to Michael. I was fascinated by his vast intelligence. He had a very unique way of explaining math and the methods behind it. Years later we reconnected via email. I would send him each of my films after they were released. 

Then in May 2015 when Teatro Paraguas showed all 3 of my films Michael came in person with some members of his family. He met up with my very dear friend JoJo Sena Tarnoff and her husband at the end of that screening and suggested that we do a similar screening at a high school in the Santa Fe area. I was overjoyed by this wonderful news! Just roughly a few weeks later Michael emailed me and suggested showing Crips Not Creeps to his summer camp. We only showed Crips Not Creeps simply for/due to time and length reasons. Walei was happy to join us a second time for a Q&A. I was thrilled when JoJo Tarnoff, Jeff Tarnoff and Argos from Teatro Paraguas were able to aid Michael by setting up all technical aspects of the screening from the sound to the projector. I got on Skype two hours before the screening and got to meet some wonderful people that Michael is currently working with as mentors. We had a last minute snafu with the sound coming from the projector,but we were able to fix it just in time,thank goodness, thanks to Jeff. I was relieved I actually remembered what I wanted to say about Crips Not Creeps and Big Sky Learning. I got to see the audience through Skype. We luckily had a much larger turnout than for the Teatro Paraguas screening. The audience was a nice mix of ages. Many people were slightly younger than my usual target audience. I got to hear some audience reactions through Skype like giggling. Walei came on Skype after the film ended. We answered some fantastic questions! A lot of the questions had to do with different aspects of the film production like what software was used to edit the film(iMovie and Final Cut Pro) and the music(Garage Band) and how we work around Walei’s visual impairment. Somebody asked how Walei became interested in music. One person asked if the films were ever meant to be television episodes. I told them how the first film Drama Sighted was originally written as a DISLABELEDtv episode. The idea of me using a crowd funding website like kickstarter or indiegogo was suggested. 

Super special thanks to Michael, JoJo Tarnoff,Jeff,Tarnoff and Walei Sabry!!!! I was truly honored that they all made special time for me and put in such beautiful efforts to make this screening possible!! Thanks to the wonderful audience for coming out to join us and for their insights and curiosity!! I loved meeting everybody! I’m thrilled that a little film like Crips Not Creeps can bring together so many people from different places. Please note that Crip Video Productions did NOT receive any monetary gain or monetary sponsorship from this screening! This screening was completely free.

Quote from our fan Amina  

“Hi Margot, and thank you very much for inviting me to watch your film :)
I like the idea of showing how you guys are having a social life just like anyone and connecting to each other and to other people despite your disabilities!
you have chosen a sweet music to start with; it give feeling of happiness and freshness <3
your actors are handsome Brandon, Randy and even Madison’s new boy friend!
I love it and I’m so proud that I have met you because you have showed me a beautiful world that include lovely, intelligent and talent people like you.
you told me in the class that not all of you are Christy Brown; I think you, with your awesome personality and talent, are capable to achieve greater success than Brown.
I’m strongly waiting to see your next films. ( I saw Drama Sighted, Only Those Who Limp Allowed , and Crips Not Creeps).
Amina”

— 

Amina

A review of Crips Not Creeps from a brand new fan of Crip Video Productions named Amina. Super special thanks to Amina!!! This review was posted with Amina’s permission! If you’d like to check out Crips Not Creeps in person please come to our public screening at Big Sky Learningtomorrow July 29th 5:00pm MDT in Santa Fe New Mexico!!! For those of you reading this blog who don’t know, Christy Brown is an artist and writer from Ireland who had Cerebral Palsy(he has passed away) like myself and 2 of the characters in Crips Not Creeps. Christy Brown is most widely known because of the movie “My Left Foot” starring Daniel Day Lewis. Unlike “My Left Foot” all of the disabled characters in our films are played by actors who have disabilities in real life. 

EDIT: The Big Sky Learning screening has already happened 

Official Big Sky Learning Screening announcement

On Wednesday July 29th 2015 at 5:00pm (at the Santa Fe Waldorf School) we will kick things off with a special showing of the short independent film Crips Not Creeps by past Big Sky student Margot Cole. Margot is the founder and director of Crips Video Productions which makes short independent films that increase understanding of disability through engaging characters and storytelling. The films are created by people with disabilities and are written, directed and produced by Margot Cole,a student at Kingsborough Community College in New York. Margot and the film’s composer Walei will answer questions via Skype after the showing.

DATE: Wednesday July 29th 2015 at 5:00pm MDT.

ADDRESS:
Santa Fe Waldorf High School
26 Puesta del Sol
Santa Fe, NM 87508 

EDIT: The Big Sky Learning screening has already happened

Press page

A brand new press page has been added to our official Crip Video Productions website! Check it out to see links,interviews and reviews about Crip Video Productions. The Press page includes our director Margot’s blog writing and drawings for Enter The Faun  centered around Cerebral Palsy and dance(the bodywork mentioned in the Enter The Faun post is NOT a cure for Cerebral Palsy!)and our Able Pathways Media interview,

We have also confirmed a new public screening of “Crips Not Creeps” for July 29th 2015 at 5:00pm MDT in Santa Fe New Mexico! The screening is part of Big Sky Learning. If you are interested in this screening please contact us via email as most of our promotion is being targeted at New Mexico specifically rather than nationwide. 

EDIT: The Big Sky Learning screening has already happened 

Spring 2015 screenings archive

These posts are archived posts from Spring 2015. Older posts on the bottom.

May 16 2015: New Mexico screening report! 

We just had our screening at Teatro Paraquas Theater in Santa Fe New Mexico less than an hour ago!!! It was a SMASHING SUCESS!!!! My friend JoJo Tarnoff from Teatro Paraguas, who I met around 2007, at what was then called “Southwest Children’s Theater” (now “Teatro Paraguas Children’s Program”) first started discussing the idea of doing a screening soon after the online release of “Only Those Who Limp Allowed”. We delayed the screening when I realized I wanted to make my 3rd film Crips Not Creeps because we decided it would be better to show all 3 films at one time. 

In February 2015, immediately after Crips Not Creeps” was uploaded we went into some serious planning stages. Luckily we were able to learn from what I had done for the Kingsborough Community College screening as inspiration for marketing and presenting. We did a little dress rehearsal the day before the screening where we figured out how to get the giant projector to work. The sound quality in the theater was great, much better than the sound quality youtube can provide. Tonight I(Margot Cole) and our music composer Walei Sabry were at the screening via Skype. We had to do the introduction and Q&A via Skype because I was not able to travel to Santa Fe in person. JoJo did a fantastic job hosting the screening. I gave a little synopsis of each film. I wish I had said more about the films. I need to improve my public speaking. Walei Sabry was able to give his 2 cents and explain our composing process where we use the software Garage Band. I usually describe the film visuals to him and give him a basic idea of what I want and then he runs with it. 

Then all 3 films were played in order. First Drama Sighted. Then Only Those Who Limp Allowed. Then Crips Not Creeps. I got to watch the entire screening via my Skype connection. I got to hear a bunch of neat audience reactions like laughs and “Aww!”s that helped me see which parts of the films resonate effectively and what parts could be improved. I don’t get that kind of feedback on my website or this blog or youtube so it was highly valuable on a multitude of levels. After each film the applause got louder and louder. As soon as the films ended Walei and I did a tiny Q&A about the films. Overall Crips Not Creeps was the audience favorite. Somebody who had seen my films online previously said my films looked much better on a big screen, particularly Rich Brotman’s edits. People were really curious about what my next film projects would be. I am sorry that I cannot give any spoilers or details on future projects on this blog as of yet. The best news came at the very end when one of the audience members wanted to set up a 2nd screening of my work at another well known popular location in Santa Fe New Mexico. The offer of another screening was beyond my wildest dreams! I am beyond thrilled at the news! Therefore if anybody from the Santa Fe New Mexico area missed this screening stay tuned to this blog and our screenings page for a 2nd opportunity to see us! Super special thanks to JoJo Tarnoff, Jeff Tarnoff and Argos MacCallum  for allowing me to have this once in a lifetime opportunity! Super special thank you to Walei Sabry for joining us and making the event even more amazing! Thank you to the audience for venturing out in the snowy weather!

Please RSVP for NM screening!

If anybody is interested in our Santa Fe New Mexico screening at Teatro Paraquas on May 16th 2015 at 6:00pm http://cripvideoproductions.com/screenings.php please be aware that we are now asking for people who want to attend to make reservations/RSVP.  PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEAT(RSVP)!! by calling 505.424.1601 

EDIT: This screening has already happened.

May 4 2015

Crip Video Productions founder Margot Cole was interviewed by Able Pathways Media about the making of the films, our mission, and our Santa Fe New Mexico screening!

April 28 2015 screening: Kingsborough screening. 

In March of 2015 I started college. When I was taking a test in the Access-Ability office some of the people in the office took interest in the little postcards I use to advertise my films and brought up the idea of using at least 1 of the films for their “Disability Awareness Week” in April. A few weeks later I had a meeting with one of the people in the office to discuss which of my 3 films would be shown. They decided on screening “Drama Sighted” because “Drama Sighted” touches on bullying and their bullying prevention week would be happening around the same time. They also liked that “Drama Sighted” was originally filmed at Hunter College which is also a CUNY college. The plan was to have a bullying prevention group called “Enough Is Enough” at the screening for a discussion about the themes in the film. We decided that we might show 2 films if the discussion/Q&A didn’t take too long. I figured only “Drama Sighted” would be shown so I didn’t get my hopes up too high about the possibility of 2 films being shown. I was thrilled “Drama Sighted” would finally get a public screening. Up to this point only the “Drama Sighted” trailer had been shown in public in March of 2012 as part of DISLABELED Film Series. A few weeks after the meeting the college sent out the following on an email blast:

11:30-12:30pm | Location: Room V219
“Drama Sighted” a short film; to be followed by a discussion.
Student/Director Margot Cole and Enough is Enough Committee
The short film tells the story of Brandon, a teenager with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, who learns that first impressions can be deceiving when he meets a woman with juvenile macular degeneration—a rare form of blindness. Originally a one-act play that was performed at BrooklynOne Theater’s A PlaywrightGrows in Brooklyn youth playwriting contest in 2009, “Drama Sighted” is the sole property of Margot Cole (Crip Video Productions) who is currently a student at Kingsborough, and features actors who are disabled in real life.
Crip Video Productions make short independent films that increase understanding of disability through engaging characters and storytelling. The films are created by people with disabilities and are written, directed, and produced by Margot Cole in collaboration with
able-bodied people, and those with a variety of disabilities.“

When I got to the screening this morning the people I knew from the disability office we in the room setting up. I met a women in charge of “Enough Is Enough” and she said she was really excited to see “Drama Sighted”. They showed me a desk in the front of the room that looked similar to the set up I had seen on TV for panel discussions. I sat at that table as more people came in. It was quite a good turn out, especially since I didn’t know most of them and they probably had never even heard of my work before. Peter who was in charge introduced me and read my mission statement out loud. Then I was able to tell the backstory of how “Drama Sighted” came to be i.e how it used to be a play and how DISLABELEDtv helped me make it into a film. People were rather quiet as the film was being played in the projector. It was cool to see “Drama Sighted” on such a large screen. People clapped when the film ended. I’m sure I must have blushed. The women from Enough Is Enough asked the audience if any of them had ever been bullied like Brandon was. Almost every hand in the room went up. It broke my heart. I was happy that at least “Drama Sighted” was fulfilling the purpose I always hoped it would serve: To help people deal with bullying. Some people told stories of disabled friends who had been bullied. Peter picked up on my intent to show how Brandon basically bullied Lisa too. We talked about how bullying snowballs from person to person. I had the opportunity to explain what Juvenile Macular Degeneration was and the interactions that inspired Lisa’s part of the film. One guy described how some disabled people were combative towards him when he would try to help them. There was still 20 minutes left after the discussion so to my surprise we were able to show “Crips Not Creeps” as well. People loved that I inserted myself into “Crips Not Creeps” as an extra. The woman from Enough Is Enough loved that “Crips Not Creeps” depicted Brandon as advocating for myself. Enough Is Enough may add the youtube links to my films to their own website. If they do I will re blog their website here. After my screening I stayed for a Poetry and Prose reading of work written by writers with a variety of disabilities. I was thrilled that a lot of the writers had Cerebral Palsy like myself. Cerebral Palsy needs more attention in media and art. Special thanks to Kingsborough Community College for allowing me to screen my films to push the message that disabled people are just people with the same desires,hopes, and frustrations as every other human being. I am forever grateful to Kingsborough for this once in a lifetime opportunity!!  I have full permission from Kingsborough Community College to write this post! 

If anybody would like a chance to see my films screened in public check out our official screenings page

Broadway World Press

A website called “Broadway World Albuquerque” shared the information about our Santa Fe New Mexico screening. Our director/founder Margot Cole also recorded a podcast interview last night which will be released online soon. 

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SLS 

Save Lilo & Stitch was kind enough to make us a Facebook event page for our Santa Fe New Mexico screening! Mucho Mahalo(special thanks) to Save Lilo & Stitch and Wayne Simons! Our website screenings page and the Teatro Paraguas website has been updated with all of the info for the screening. 

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New Mexico screening press release!

For Immediate Release:
Teatro Paraquas in collaboration with Crips Video Productions, is presenting a screening of three short films on May 16th at 6:00pm at the Teatro Paraquas studio located at 3205 Calle Marie, Ste B in Santa Fe.
Crips Video Productions makes short independent films that increase understanding of disability through engaging characters and storytelling. The films are created by people with disabilities and are written, directed and produced by Margot Cole, (a former student of The Childrens Theatre and currently a student at Kingsborough College in New York).
The films being shown are: Only Those Who Limp Allowed, Crips Not Creeps, and Drama Sighted. There will be a q&a following the screening with the producer/director. Admission is by free will donation.
For more info: Teatro Paraquas http://www.teatroparaguas.org 505.424.1601 www.cripvideoproductions.com
Margot Cole cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com

PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEAT(RSVP)!by calling 505-424-1601

EDIT: This screening has already happened

New Screenings page!

A new page has been added to the official Crip Video Productions website http://cripvideoproductions.com/screenings.php It is a page for possible public screenings of our films. 2 screening possibilities are in the works, I can’t release anything more at the moment but more announcements will come in the next few weeks. Each announcement will appear as its own tumblr post. The screenings page was built by Web Design By Wayne www.webdesignbywayne.com  a website building service by Wayne. Wayne also mentioned Crip Video Productions in his latest Save Disney Shows video blog Special thanks to Wayne!