"Drama Sighted" Talk on Bullying

On December 11 2025 I (Margot) had the pleasure of speaking to a class of students learning to be teachers about the first Crip Video Productions film “Drama Sighted”. Given “Drama Sighted”s themes most of the discussion revolved around the idea of disabled lives having value and the long reaching negative consequences of bullying. During the discussion it was intelligently pointed out that sometimes even when a student is being bullied and a teacher tries to help that bullied student the school or campus administration or principal does not support the teacher in doing so and what resources are available for students and teachers. This post is posted with permission. Special thanks to the professor and students for letting me share “Drama Sighted”! In other news our producer Dylan Rothbin released a new Hanukkah video and "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" reached 15,943 views and 27 likes as of this blog post!

Screenings October 2019

Possible Spoiler Alert for “Drama Sighted”! 

On October 17th 2019, I(Margot) privately screened our first film “Drama Sighted” to teach about education and accommodations for disabled students like we did in April 2019. https://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/184588551231/spring-2019-screenings  During the Q&A, we discussed Individual Education Programs(IEPs), bullying and Invisible Disability. One student commented that she noticed the main character named Brandon internalized anger from being bullied and became angry himself, and angry at himself when in reality, it was not Brandon’s fault. Another student commented that people with disabilities wanted to be “noticed” and not have their disability ignored, and guessed that Brandon had his Cerebral Palsy ignored in the past before meeting Lisa. One person noticed how the female students at the beginning of the film liked Brandon at first but then turned on him. They thought the girls, Tina and Maggie, turning on Brandon was a very realistic depiction of bullying. Some people were inspired to share about their own disability experiences with things like ADHD, diabetes, and injuries, and some students shared stories about meeting deaf and intellectually disabled people who they thought had not been disabled at all at initially. We got into the topic of sensory overload and speech impairment in some disabled students. We discussed safety for disabled students in emergency situations in school environments and how teachers should never attempt to diagnose students on their own. 

On October 23rd, myself(Margot) and 2 actors from our films “A Stroke Of Endurance” http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php  and “Only Those Who Limp Allowed” http://cripvideoproductions.com/limpallowed.php spoke to a class of students about the 2 films to teach about disability as it relates psychology and human behavior. I was thrilled that the instructor wanted perspectives from multiple people with all different disabilities. We discussed Cerebral Palsy, bullying, blindness, diabetes, education, and mental health. One student was a mother to a disabled child and asked about the differences between being born with a disability and acquiring a disability later. One woman was newly disabled and was so touched by our stories that she cried while sharing her own story. This student asked to be part of Crip Video Productions future work. 

Today(October 24) One actor from our film “Only Those Who Limp Allowed” and I(Margot) did another screening presentation today where we discussed, Invisible Disability, Cerebral Palsy, IEPs(Individual Education Plans) bullying, and physical therapy. We made it clear that disability is NOT worse than death, or a tragedy, and grieving a disability is NOT like grieving a death. One person asked how IEPs could be improved. One person asked how physical therapy can be improved. One person commented that they wished the presentation and Q&A had been recorded. We are thrilled to impact hearts and minds in a positive way.

Please use our website contact page to get in touch, if you want to use the Crip Video Productions films as a teaching tool. 

Super Special thanks to the Professor(s) and students for inviting us!!! We have full permission to write this post from everyone involved.    

Blog list and Spring 2019 screenings

This April 2019 our films have been used for educational purposes. Crip Video Productions has been screening the films and speaking to various different types of college classes in different locations to teach about disability, bullying prevention, Cerebral Palsy, and IEPs. We even received fan letters from some of these classes. Our actors attended a Q&A for one of these screenings of "Only Those Who Limp Allowed". Some of the audience had the misconception that Cerebral Palsy is genetic. Cerebral Palsy is not genetic. Other members of the audience were amazed and impressed by Professor Ben's openness about his stroke in "A Stroke Of Endurance".

If you want to use our films as a teaching tool please, please contact us via email.

Recently a fan messaged us digitally to let us know that our film "A Stroke Of Endurance" was the first time they had heard of the connection and similarities between Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. We are thrilled to raise awareness. May 2019 is "Stroke Awareness Month" in the United States. Please become aware of the symptoms and risk factors for stroke and try to support people who have had strokes. Please, please share our film "A Stroke Of Endurance" for Stroke Awareness Month here http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php 

A woman who shared our Tumblr blog on a list of blogs has re-shared that blog list here https://sarahkperkins.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/cerebral-palsy-blogs/ 

As you can see Google Plus is gone now so please use this blog as you would have used our old Google Plus page.

Crip Video Productions films audio described!

This is an archived post from August 2018:

https://youdescribe.org/video/KIZProYn7R4?ad=5b730bb0e6cc7f461fb09d43

http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/177003288296/a-stroke-of-endurance-audio-described 

“A Stroke Of Endurance” audio described by Tucker Salovaara 

Synopsis: A film about friendship, faith, and endurance. The story, written and directed by filmmaker, Margot Cole, is about how a college student named Ava, who has Cerebral Palsy and her classmates must deal with varying forms of fall-out when mid-semester, their professor has a stroke that leaves him disabled. 

Starring (in order of appearance)

Margot Cole as Ava

Jorgiana Cole as Ava’s Mom

Syndia Batise as Disabled Student 1

Emma Lemanski as Disabled Student 2

Betty Lewin as Professor 1

David Salsbery Fry as Professor 2

Jill Marrello as Academic Advisor

Tim Snoha as Professor Ben

Mark Pauling as Student 1

Pedrin Villaman as Student 2

Johnny Diodato as Student 3

Krysta Williams as Student 4

Ashley Villanueva as Student 5

Izabela Ginda as Bella

Ketrina Hazell as Alice

Written and Directed by Margot Cole

Story editing by Jorgiana Cole

Casting by Margot Cole

Cinematography by Jorgiana Cole. Additional Cinematography by Tim Snoha, Johnny Diodato, Krysta Williams

Music composed by Walei Sabry

Special thanks to

Kingsborough Community College

Lori Zucker

JoJo Tarnoff 

Super special thanks to Jorgiana Cole 

This film is audio described for blind and low vision viewers. Crip Video Productions is offering audio description on our films for the very first time. Crip Video Productions apologizes for taking this long to provide audio described versions to our blind/visually impaired/low vision fan base. We attempted to add audio description to the films multiple times http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/155491546901/learning-to-audio-describe-film    https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430/posts/QYAUkTfeQQv  Unfortunately the pervious attempts failed due to technical difficulties on my end. Luckily Tucker Salovaara who acted in our film “Crips Not Creeps” was kind enough to use a service called “You Describe” to audio describe the films for us. Special thanks to Tucker! If anyone reading this would like to use the audio described versions for screenings please contact us using our contact page http://cripvideoproductions.com/contact.php our main email cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com or our screenings email screenings@cripvideoproductions.com for instructions and details. 

©2017 Margot Cole  

https://youdescribe.org/video/KLl1NzexjP8?ad=5b71c97f7c83643ee058a9b4 

http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/177002764186/crips-not-creeps-audio-described

“Crips Not Creeps” audio described by Tucker Salovaara 

Synopsis: A few months after the events of “Only Those Who Limp Allowed” Brandon and Randy (who both have Cerebral Palsy) are still living together and things are going well, until Brandon gets accused of stalking his ex girlfriend Madison and must prove he is innocent before he loses Randy’s trust and possibly everything else he has ever worked for.

This film is audio described for blind and low vision viewers. Please note that the use of the word “Crip” (which is a shortened version of the word cripple that people in the disability community use as a slang term to refer to physically disabled individuals) is not meant as an offense to anyone who is physically disabled (such as the characters in these films) or mentally disabled, or otherwise. All of the characters in the film who are disabled are portrayed by actors who are disabled in real life. We have full legal permission to use all of the locations seen in the full film. This film has cursing in it and may not be suitable for very young children.

Crip Video Productions is offering audio description on our films for the very first time. Crip Video Productions apologizes for taking this long to provide audio described versions to our blind/visually impaired/low vision fan base. We attempted to add audio description to the films multiple times http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/155491546901/learning-to-audio-describe-film 

https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430/posts/QYAUkTfeQQv  Unfortunately the pervious attempts failed due to technical difficulties on my end. Luckily Tucker Salovaara who acted in our film “Crips Not Creeps” was kind enough to use a service called “You Describe” to audio describe all of the films for us. Special thanks to Tucker! If anyone reading this would like to use the audio described versions for screenings please contact us using our contact page http://cripvideoproductions.com/contact.php our main email cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com or our screenings email screenings@cripvideoproductions.com for instructions and details. 

A Crip Video Production. “Crips Not Creeps” is the sole property of Margot Cole/Crip Video Productions.

https://youdescribe.org/video/zmE3aeMd1yc?ad=5b72fbc17c83643ee058a9d4 

http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/177002446116/only-those-who-limp-allowed-audio-described 

“Only Those Who Limp Allowed” audio described by Tucker Salovaara 

Synopsis: The sequel to “Drama Sighted”. Brandon, now 23, is adjusting to life with a roommate named Randy who also has Cerebral Palsy after breaking up with his girlfriend. Randy sets Brandon up on a blind date in an effort to help him move on. Tensions arise as conflicting thoughts on disability, dating, and identity are brought into the open.

Please note: This film is audio described for blind and low vision viewers. The use of the words “Gimp”, “Cripple”, and “Crip” (which is a shortened version of the word cripple that people in the disability community use to as a slang term to refer to the physically disabled such as the characters in these films) is not meant as an offense to anyone physically or mentally disabled, or associated with these films or otherwise. All of the characters in the film are portrayed by actors who are disabled in real life. This film is for educational and entertainment purposes only. We sincerely apologize for any camera shaking which may make it difficult for those prone to dizziness/vertigo or certain types of seizures to watch the film. 

Crip Video Productions is offering audio description on our films for the very first time. Crip Video Productions apologizes for taking this long to provide audio described versions to our blind/visually impaired/low vision fanbase. We attempted to add audio description to the films multiple times http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/155491546901/learning-to-audio-describe-film     https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430/posts/QYAUkTfeQQv  Unfortunately the pervious attempts failed due to technical difficulties on my end. Luckily Tucker Salovaara who acted in our film “Crips Not Creeps” was kind enough to use a service called “You Describe” to audio describe the films for us. Special thanks to Tucker! If anyone reading this would like to use the audio described versions for screenings please contact us using our contact page http://cripvideoproductions.com/contact.php our main email cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com or our screenings email screenings@cripvideoproductions.com for instructions and details. 

https://youdescribe.org/video/WvxTwlzEAYk?ad=5b719fd25673f74614a1e3c6


http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/176961547671/drama-sighted-audio-described  

“Drama Sighted” audio described by Tucker Salovaara 

Film Synopsis: A teenage boy with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy named Brandon learns first impressions can be deceiving when he meets a drama teacher with Juvenile Macular Degeneration(a rare form of blindness)

This film is audio described for blind viewers and open captioned for deaf viewers. The characters in the film who are disabled are portrayed by actors who are disabled in real life. We were advised by someone who has Juvenile Macular Degeneration in real life when making the special effects. The special effects are based solely on this persons’ description of their disability. “Drama Sighted” was originally a one-act play that was performed at BrooklynOne Theater’s “A Playwright Grows In Brooklyn” youth playwriting contest in 2009. “A Playwright Grows in Brooklyn” was a short one act play writing contest for teens created by artistic directors Thomas Kane (who unfortunately passed away) and Anthony Marino of BrooklynOne Theater. Then it was turned into a short film. If you watch the film on Youtube you will see a logo saying “DISLABELEDtv Productions”. DISLABELEDtv was a media organization for and by people with disabilities. All the members had some sort of disability. Their original goal was to make a TV series and other short video projects centered around disability. “Drama Sighted” was one of these projects. Since “Drama Sighted” was a collaboration you may notice some slight style differences from other Crip Video Productions films. In 2012 DISLABELEDtv became “DISLABELED Film Series” http://dislabeledfilm.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/DislabeledPhilly which is modeled after the screening series disTHIS. https://www.facebook.com/disthis Once DISLABELED decided that they would no longer be making videos I had to branch out on my own with my own name “Crip Video Productions” “Drama Sighted” is the sole property of Margot Cole/Crip Video Productions.

Crip Video Productions is offering audio description on our films for the very first time. Crip Video Productions apologizes for taking this long to provide audio described versions to our blind/visually impaired/low vision fan base. We attempted to add audio description to the films multiple times http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/155491546901/learning-to-audio-describe-film 

https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430/posts/QYAUkTfeQQv Unfortunately the pervious attempts failed due to technical difficulties on my end. Luckily Tucker Salovaara who acted in our film “Crips Not Creeps” was kind enough to use a service called “You Describe” to audio described the films for us. Special thanks to Tucker! If anyone reading this would like to use the audio described versions for screenings please contact us using our contact page http://cripvideoproductions.com/contact.php our main email cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com or our screenings email screenings@cripvideoproductions.com for instructions and details. 

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. 

EDIT: This screening has already happened 

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. 

EDIT: This screening has already happened.

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!

Drama Sighted Trailer

The official trailer for “Drama Sighted” Margot Cole©2012

Film Synopsis: A teenager with Cerebral Palsy learns impressions can be deceiving. 

www.dislabeledfilm.wordpress.com

http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com

This trailer is open captioned for deaf viewers. We apologize for the lack of audio descriptions. This trailer was screened at DISLABELED Film Series in March 2012 https://dislabeledfilm.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/dont-forget-march-7-dislabeled/  before Crip Video Productions was formed. Hence why the outdated DISLABELEDtv logos and links are shown.The screening of the trailer is the first time I got to speak publicly about my films to a wider audience. Special thanks to DISLABELED Film Series.

Drama Sighted

“Drama Sighted” Margot Cole©2011

"Drama Sighted" audio described version: (available as link, not embed) https://youdescribe.org/video/WvxTwlzEAYk?ad=5b719fd25673f74614a1e3c6 

Synopsis: A teenager with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy learns impressions can be deceiving when he meets a woman with Juvenile Macular Degeneration,(also known as Stargardts disease)a rare form of blindness. 

Starring (in order of appearance)

Danielle Yu as Tina

Krista Borst as Maggie

Christopher Imbrosciano as Brandon 

Alexandria Ferrentelli as Cortney

Eddie Rodriguez as Mr Wilson(the principal) 

Ivy Wanta as Lisa

Written/Directed/Edited by Margot Cole. Cinematography by Peter Trojic and Michelle Mantione. Special effects/Clean up/Mastering Rich Brotman. Music Composed by Walei Sabry. Special thanks to my mother, Jorgiana Cole. Dedicated to my grandmother Frances Cohen.

This film was made as a collaboration between DISLABELED Film Series (formerly DISLABELEDtv) and Crip Video Productions

www.youtube.com/user/DISLABELEDtv

www.dislabeledfilm.wordpress.com   

http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com

This film is open captioned for deaf viewers and audio described for our blind/low vision and visually impaired fans. The film features actors who are disabled in real life. We were advised by someone who has Juvenile Macular Degeneration in real life when making the special effects. The special effects are based solely on this persons' description of their disability. "Drama Sighted" was originally a one-act play that was performed at BrooklynOne Theater's "A Playwright Grows In Brooklyn" youth playwriting contest in 2009. "A Playwright Grows in Brooklyn" was a short one act play writing contest for teens created by artistic directors Thomas Kane (who unfortunately passed away) and Anthony Marino of BrooklynOne Theater. Then it was turned into a short film. If you watch the film on Youtube you will see a logo saying "DISLABELEDtv Productions". DISLABELEDtv was a media organization for and by people with disabilities. All the members had some sort of disability. Their original goal was to make a TV series and other short video projects centered around disability. "Drama Sighted" was one of these projects. Since "Drama Sighted" was a collaboration you may notice some slight style differences from other Crip Video Productions films. In 2012 DISLABELEDtv became "DISLABELED Film Series" http://dislabeledfilm.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/DislabeledPhilly which is modeled after the screening series disTHIS. https://www.facebook.com/disthis Once DISLABELED decided that they would no longer be making videos I had to branch out on my own with my own name "Crip Video Productions" "Drama Sighted" is the sole property of Margot Cole/Crip Video Productions.