Spring 2026 Screenings and Stroke Awareness Month

On April 2 2026 I(Margot) did a screening for some students of “Drama Sighted” where we discussed the mental health affects of ableist bullying and how it traumatizes those who are the disabled targets of the bullying. One student liked how the visuals of the film looked on a computer screen. On April 20th 2026 I(Margot) did a screening for some students with intellectual disabilities of “Drama Sighted”, the students got the humor in the film immediately and said they wished they could act in films in the same way. On April 23 2026 I spoke to a group of students who are learning to be teachers in special education. We discussed the dangers of ableism like when one disabled activist was not able to use an accessible toilet and it damaged her bladder and another news story about a woman who used a ventilator who died due to the apartment management not allowing her to install a backup generator. One student asked why a disabled man in a grocery store didn’t seem too happy when she let him cut the cashier line, and I explained it is better to ask a disabled person first so the person does not feel pity or like they are “getting special treatment.” On April 29th 2026 I screened “A Stroke Of Endurance” for another small class and the students said the movie touched their hearts. One student gained a new understanding of why disclosing a disability can be personal and private. One of the instructors loved the empathy between Professor Ben and the students and how the script humanized professors and students, and how the students didn’t want the professor to die. Someone else thought Ava called her mother at the end because she realized things are finite and we have to tell those we love that we love them. Another instructor liked how Ava and Professor Ben explained their brains and neurologic burn out. One person found the faith elements of the film interesting. May is Stroke Awareness Month, and at Crip Video Productions, we are continuing our tradition of raising awareness and celebrating the resilience of the stroke survivor community! Stroke is a far more common disability than many realize, affecting people of all ages. We want to use this month to highlight some critical facts: Pediatric Stroke: Stroke in babies is a known cause of Cerebral Palsy (CP).Young Adult Risks: Strokes in younger people can be caused by complications from birth control, diabetes, or specific nutritional gaps due to genetic and autoimmune issues, such as Vitamin B deficiency anemia known as pernicious anemia. Authenticity is the heartbeat of our work. We are eternally grateful to the stroke survivor who sat down with us for a personal interview on the phone in 2016, to help us accurately portray Professor Ben’s character, his symptoms, and his stroke recovery process. Her insight, along with the incredible support from our fans like the folks at "The Great Now What" , Stromies, and The StrokeCast, and the rest of the survivor community like the person who inspired me to write the film in the first place, who have championed "A Stroke of Endurance" since day one, is what makes this film special. We hope our film continues to serve as a meaningful resource for survivors and their loved ones everywhere. 🎥 Watch "A Stroke of Endurance" for FREE here: https://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php

Stroke Awareness Month 2024

May is Stroke Awareness Month. Stroke is a very common disability. Stroke in babies can cause CP. Stroke can also be caused by birth control complications and vitamin defiency in young people like vitamin B defiency anemia. In appreciation of the stroke survivors who have inspired us such as one stroke survivor who allowed us to interview her personally to ad to the authenticity of Professor Ben’s character, symptoms and recovery process, and many other survivors who are fans who supported our film “A Stroke Of Endurance” from the very beginning of its creation, and after, Crip Video Productions would like to be a part of Stroke Awareness Month as always! We hope "A Stroke Of Endurance" is a great resource for all stroke survivors and their loved ones! Watch for free here! https://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php

World Stroke Day 2019

Today October 29th 2019 is World Stroke Day 2019. In appreciation of the stroke survivors who have inspired us such as one stroke survivor who allowed us to interview her personally to add to the authenticity of Professor Ben’s character, symptoms and recovery process, in our film  "A Stroke Of Endurance" and other survivors who supported our film “A Stroke Of Endurance” from the very beginning of its creation, and after like our wonderful new fans who are stroke survivors that let us into their worlds https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-stroke-of-endurance-featured-on.html Crip Video Productions would like to now be a part of World Stroke Day every year! 

We wrote a post for World Stroke Day 2018 here

https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2019/01/screening-and-world-stroke-day-2018.html 

Please read our previous post linked for a poem by a cast member of "A Stroke Of Endurance" for World Stroke Day and, reminders and encouragement for Stroke Survivors! 

To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” for free with open captions and audio description, and share it with other stroke survivors and their loved ones for World Stroke Day see here http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php We hope "A Stroke Of Endurance" is a great resource for all stroke survivors and their loved ones for World Stroke Day today and everyday!

In other news we heard from a new fan who loved "Crips Not Creeps" and likened "Crips Not Creeps" to Martin Scorsese films because of the tracking city shots. We also heard from a fan who is a computer science teacher who was very impressed with all 4 films! We have a few more screenings planned for November 2019. 

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 Google plus page shutting down

First, Some more exciting Crip Video Productions news!

John Diodato, an actor who played a student in "A Stroke Of Endurance" who is blind in real life was featured in a news story about an ice hockey team for blind hockey players here https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/01/29/new-players-score-with-the-ny-metro-blind-hockey# Check it out! We are all so proud of you John!

To see John Diodato in "A Stroke Of Endurance" for free see here http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php 

As a reminder our director Margot Cole was also featured on "The Stromies" Stroke Survivor blog here in an article about "A Stroke Of
Endurance" https://www.stromies.com/blog/guest-blog-margot-of-stroke-of-endurance

A fan of Crip Video Productions Saim Sarwar is selling shirts again here https://www.bonfire.com/ss-drifter/ 5 shirts must be sold in order for the shirts to ship. Orders will ship in late February if successful. All profits go entirely to Saim Sarwar https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGNp_Blqrr/ NOT Crip Video Productions!

Most importantly. Please note: Our Crip Video Productions google plus page https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430 is apparently going to be shut down in April 2019 because Google Plus will no longer exist as of April 2019. This is not the decision of Crip Video Productions. Google itself has decided to close all of Google Plus down entirely.  If anybody on this blog has been following us on google plus please be advised that we will be moving all of the data from the Google Plus page to the back up blog here https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com so please check there for updates and archival posts. Some google plus posts have already been archived like our Cerebral Palsy Awareness google plus posts, in our previous archived posts. This sort of situation is exactly why we made this back up blog in the first place. Anything new that would have been posted to the google plus will be posted here. 

If you experience any difficulty with the Crip Video Productions Tumblr page or any aspect of Crip Video Productions please contact us immediately at http://cripvideoproductions.com/contact.php or email at cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com or feel free to comment on this post. Also feel free to comment at any point on this blog if you like our work and want to tell us.

Screening and World Stroke Day 2018 archive

These are archived posts from October 2018. Older posts on bottom.



October 29 2018

“A Stroke is no joke. It is very spontaneous. Many people could use help during a stroke but do not receive it due to lack of awareness. We can all help each other. All it could take to save a life is one word. Awareness.”

—

John Diodato. 

One of our actors John Diodato who has a disability and played one of the student characters in “A Stroke Of Endurance” wrote this poem for World Stroke Day 2018. John Diodato wrote another poem in honor of “A Stroke Of Endurance” here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/175015670351/a-stroke-of-endurance-it-doesnt-matter-where 

Today October 29th 2018 is World Stroke Day 2018. In appreciation of the stroke survivors who have inspired us such as one stroke survivor who allowed us to interview her personally to ad to the authenticity of Professor Ben’s character, symptoms and recovery process, and other survivors who supported our film “A Stroke Of Endurance” from the very beginning of its creation, Crip Video Productions would like to now be a part of World Stroke Day! If you are reading this: Please learn the signs of having a stroke, including the more subtle lessor known symptoms of stroke, so severe brain damage can be prevented, especially because people do die from stroke. Please be aware that a stroke can happen at any age. Please be aware that a stroke that occurs in the womb or early infancy or early childhood is often diagnosed as “Cerebral Palsy”. In the cases where a person has already had a stroke please be a true friend to stroke survivors you know by supporting them in getting the therapy, and disability accommodations they need to readjust to post stroke life. Treat them like a human being. Listen to them. Have empathy for them, not just sympathy. If you are reading this and have already had a stroke, perhaps most importantly, please know that your life matters! Life can be full and beautiful post-stroke. You can indeed live happily post-stroke. Your opinions matter. There are people on this earth who want you here, and want to help you if you want help.  

To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” for free with open captions and audio description, and share it with other stroke survivors and their loved ones for World Stroke Day see here http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php 

Or simply scroll down on this blog. We hope “A Stroke Of Endurance” can become a great resource for all people effected by Stroke. 

KCC Diversity Festival October 2018

Today(October 23 2018) I was invited back to the Kingsborough Diversity Film Festival for the 2nd time this year to screen “A Stroke Of Endurance” I screened “A Stroke Of Endurance” for the Spring 2018 Diversity Festival in May 2018 http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/173972696631/kcc-diversity-festival-2018 I have been a part of the Diversity Film Festival ever since it was conceived of in 2015 http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/132124383646/kcc-diversity-film-festival  and it is always an honor to be invited. 

We got the incredible opportunity to screen the film twice back to back today for about 20 or so people each time! The decision to show the film twice was a last minute surprise that was not originally planned. This marks the first time Crip Video Productions has had 2 screenings on a single day! I was thrilled to be able to share the film with so many people! I introduced the film twice saying that the film was semi autobiographical, roughly based on a true story, and that I wrote it because I wanted to show the value of the lives of disabled people and show a disabled female character who grows from her mistakes and experiences. I told them I was glad this festival included both Disability and women’s issues as part of Diversity. Disability is truly the largest minority. 

My actors and I got to do a small Q&A after each showing. One of my actors said my style of directing made it easier for them to make the character they were playing believable. One of the audience members said they never realized the similarity between Cerebral Palsy and Stroke until seeing the film. I told them that physiologically Cerebral Palsy and Stroke are almost the same(lack of oxygen to the brain) and I hoped that people with Cerebral Palsy and Stroke Survivors would work together more on issues related to brain injury and treatments like physical therapy. One audience member asked how I did auditions and we talked about how disabled actors need more opportunities to make media representative of the disabled community through their portrayals. We talked about how some newly disabled people like Stroke Survivors sometimes unfortunately become socially isolated because of lack of accessibility. We talked about a disability not always being outwardly visible. Some of the audience members were physical health and recreational therapy students and told me and the cast that they had not thought of disability much before so the film screening was timely for them. One student said he wanted to do research on disability and I told them to talk to disabled people as part of their research.  

I have full permission from Kingsborough Community College to write this post! Special thanks to KCC! 

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. 

"A Stroke Of Endurance" featured on Stroke Survivor Blog

We are taking a break from posting our 2018 archives to share some exciting current news from our google plus page and email list that was released around January 15th 2019.

https://www.stromies.com/blog/guest-blog-margot-of-stroke-of-endurance

A fan of our film “A Stroke Of Endurance” http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php who is a stroke survivor, recommended a podcast about The Stromies https://strokecast.com/2018/12/21/episode-045-meet-the-stromies/ and the The Stromies Blog to Crip Video Productions. Then The Stromies kindly allowed our director Margot Cole to do a post about “A Stroke Of Endurance” for their blog about how the film specifically relates to stroke survivors. Super Special thanks to the wonderful ladies at The Stromies!
http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/182046036911/guest-blog-margot-of-stroke-of-endurance

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Our wonderful actor Tim Snoha who played Professor Ben in our film "A Stroke Of Endurance" was featured in a UnitedHealthcare insurance ad with a message about disability which you can watch for free here https://www.ispot.tv/ad/I1a1/unitedhealthcare-dual-complete-plan-more-benefits#
We hope the link plays properly. Congratulations Tim! We are so proud of you!

Our actor Tim Snoha from “A Stroke Of Endurance” is getting press from Disabled In Action along with press for our article for The Stromies via Facebook. For more info see here on our google plus page!

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1891698974285521&id=146701932118576&__xts__[0]=68.ARC2Jvk7rAaJVPhkMd16GlyFegNyQm1pkDJihWmJ9ceRR-EdN-2x1OBugVnp5jp_AU9UVKUytO9JR0OHjojDDBIAiJFNcxLJ41l9k6QXZ48f5m1aQOtW7AdP-GRPzPdEwl0_8mGhzJEhNA4gH-Ujz2tV01MlkIu2N_-LdVd3fSsEifXuSNh9MxQwSA3alJRoBg8uWzWyPyDexvMgEb-Y9YQoWBzSJKmyG_gaCpf9AcSu3v5nxuoqz-1K-JQlzUJYKyS4oNrdjNuvntwayaATkW3jGJdUWCLkVrNyKwGYxEltAw1dr4JREUYUK6jgKOpgA2BERxbwvxk3wykQeFDvdd9mgQ&__tn__=-R

Please share widely via social media and email lists! We really appreciate it!

A Stroke Of Endurance- Bloopers Open Captioned

“A Stroke Of Endurance” Open Captioned Bloopers

This is what happens when a student director with Cerebral Palsy (Margot Cole) and a bunch of very talented actors with a great sense of humor try to make a low budget independent short film. As you can see we had a ton of fun. These bloopers are open captioned for the enjoyment of our deaf and hard of hearing fans. This is the first time Crip Video Productions has been able to provide open captioned bloopers for our fans. 

To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” see here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/167756665756/a-stroke-of-endurance-a-film-by-margot-cole-the 

http://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-stroke-of-endurance-open-captioned.html

http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php 

A Stroke of Endurance" audio described version (audio described versions are only available as links, not embeds): https://youdescribe.org/video/KIZProYn7R4?ad=5b730bb0e6cc7f461fb09d43

To learn more about Crip Video Productions and view accessible open captioned versions of our films please visit http://cripvideoproductions.comand http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com Find Crip Video Productions on google plus here https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430 

A Stroke Of Endurance-Official Trailer Open Captioned

“A Stroke Of Endurance” Open Captioned Official Trailer 

Film 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. 

To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” see here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/167756665756/a-stroke-of-endurance-a-film-by-margot-cole-the 

http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php 
http://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-stroke-of-endurance-open-captioned.html 

A Stroke of Endurance" audio described version (audio described versions are only available as links, not embeds): https://youdescribe.org/video/KIZProYn7R4?ad=5b730bb0e6cc7f461fb09d43 

To learn more about Crip Video Productions and view accessible open captioned versions of our films please visit http://cripvideoproductions.comand http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com Find Crip Video Productions on google plus here https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430 

A Stroke Of Endurance -Official Trailer

"A Stroke Of Endurance” Official Trailer 

Film 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. 

To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” in full for free, see here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/167756665756/a-stroke-of-endurance-a-film-by-margot-cole-the 

http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php 

"A Stroke of Endurance" audio described version (audio described versions are only available as links, not embeds): https://youdescribe.org/video/KIZProYn7R4?ad=5b730bb0e6cc7f461fb09d43

To learn more about Crip Video Productions and view accessible open captioned versions of our films please visit http://cripvideoproductions.comand http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com Find Crip Video Productions on google plus here https://plus.google.com/103662816758572885430 

A Stroke Of Endurance- Open Captioned

A Stroke Of Endurance" a film by Margot Cole,

Open Captioned Version for the deaf and hard of hearing.

"A Stroke of Endurance" audio described version (audio described versions are only available as links, not embeds): https://youdescribe.org/video/KIZProYn7R4?ad=5b730bb0e6cc7f461fb09d43

Created by Margot Cole, the writer and director of “Drama Sighted” http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/46603999144/drama-sighted-margot-cole-2011-synopsis-a 

“Only Those Who Limp Allowed”  http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/57909054427/only-those-who-limp-allowed-open-captioned   and “Crips Not Creeps” http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/109594379146/crips-not-creeps-open-captioned-a-film-written 

Crip Video Productions presents a story of friendship,faith and endurance…A college student with Cerebral Palsy named Ava, and her classmates must deal with the physical and emotional ramifications when their professor has a stroke that leaves him disabled in the middle of the semester when they least expect it. 

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 

©2017 Margot Cole  

Please Note: The disabled characters in this film are all portrayed by actors with disabilities. The use of the word “Crip” in “Crip Video Productions” is not meant as an offense to anyone associated with these films or otherwise. We have full permission to use the locations seen in the film. This film has cursing and some intense scenes and may not be suitable for children under 13.

Crip Video Productions’ mission is to increase understanding of disability through storytelling. “A Stroke Of Endurance” is the sole property of Margot Cole/Crip Video Productions.

More information and open captioned accessible versions of our work, can be found at http://cripvideoproductions.com  and at http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com 

"A Stroke Of Endurance" review/Synopsis archive

This is an archived post from September 2017 from when we were still in the editing process with "A Stroke Of Endurance" but we did not post the review to our official website until after "A Stroke Of Endurance" was uploaded to youtube. To avoid major spoilers please watch "A Stroke Of Endurance"  online for free before reading this post!

Russian embedded dolls where layers of representation keep appearing-that is what resonates in this complex and provocative film "A Stroke Of Endurance" written and directed by Margot Cole, which provides a window into the disability experience and the thoughts and attitudes of ableism. Margot Cole reveals herself to be a multi faceted artist (observing of life, writer, actor, and director). 

In this her latest production released on Youtube, a group of college students, some with disabilities, some without-learn their professor has suffered a devastating stroke, leaving them temporarily unmoored. 

Ms. Cole also acts in the film as the central character Ava, in a flashback scene of her encounter with a college counselor who is clueless about her. Feeling offended by the counselor's rude and condensing attitude and the counselor's insistence that because Ava is physically disabled, she should major in disability studies, Ava indignantly departs the counselling session. 

We next view Ava lamenting over Professor Ben's stroke. She believes it was possibly a result of her silently cursing him, and wishing him dead, because of her dismay over the high cost of a textbook, that Professor Ben had explained, was for required reading. Following the professor's return to the classroom, his students observe him struggling with a difficult recovery. Classmate Alice suggests that Ava might help Professor Ben manage the disabling effects of his stroke by sharing her experience of living with a disability. Alice explains that it "doesn't overcome your life" and in fact one "can actually thrive in spite of a handicap". Ms. Cole imbues her theatre of life with karmic restitution as Professor Ben gratefully accepts Ava's help. Their disabilities inform their relationship showing how endurance and coping with challenges, foster strength. 

Ms. Cole presents to her viewers, through a lens of subjective experiences, the broad spectrum of abilities and disabilities both in herself and in others. Her graceful beauty enhances the dynamic and powerful insights in this film. - Geraldine Pauling (disabled psychologist) NYC 9/09/17

"A Stroke Of Endurance" screening premiere and review archive

These are achieved posts from Fall 2017. Older posts on the bottom.

December 5th 2017: 

“A Stroke of Endurance” screening premiere!

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

Today(December 5th) was the public premiere screening of our newest film “A Stroke Of Endurance” at KCC. (This screening is why the film had to be released early with the captioned version to come later)  There was a pre screening pizza party and performance about disability. Then we moved into a room with a projector and watched the film. I (Margot) introduced the film as I usually do at Crip Video Productions screenings. I mentioned how the film was shot at KCC. It was nice to see the audience reactions. At the end of the screening we had a special Q&A panel with most of the cast of the film, like most of the student characters and the actor who plays Professor Ben. I was glad that the cast got to share what they liked and remembered about our shooting and production process. 

One of the cast members Tim Snoha, who plays Professor Ben mentioned how I found him through Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts which has listings of disabled actors. One audience member asked how I thought of the story of the film. I told them that I had really known a professor who had a stroke but that a lot of other elements were fictionalized to give the characters better character arcs. One person asked how long it took to write the film. I told them most of the events which inspired the story occurred in November 2015,I started writing in early 2016, and the script was ready for shooting in February 2017. One audience member asked who did and didn’t have acting experience. One person asked if we thought connections between students and professors are important. 

One person asked about the dizzy spell scene and one cast member mentioned his experience as an EMT. I told them I based aspects of that dizzy spell scene on what another woman with a stroke described about her stroke and that getting on the floor like in the scene seems to be the general recommendation for vertigo. I told them I had heard from a fan who had a stroke who said the film helped her a lot and that she felt the symptoms were accurate. The cast said they enjoyed being part of the project and may want to be part of new projects which thrills me. 

All in all the audience seemed to love the film and were very engaged so we can’t wait to do this again! Special thanks to Kingsborough Community College and Students Unlimited club for letting us screen the film! Special thanks to the cast and crew! We have permission from KCC to write this blog post!

November 28 2017: 

https://twitter.com/LarkTheatre/status/935582012236279809

“A Stroke of Endurance” just got press via the official “The Lark Theater” twitter!

Special thanks to “The Lark Theater”! 

November 24 2017:

http://geopoliticallyincorrect.blogspot.com/2017/11/autistichistorymonth-astrokeofendurance.html 

The brand new Crip Video Productions film “A Stroke Of Endurance” just got a wonderful review! Special thanks to the writer of this review at “Halfway Up Rysy Peak. GeoPoliticallyCorrect” for his tireless support of our work. It is an honor to get such a great review! We thank him for for taking the time to write an entire blog on the film! 

By the way, the open captioned version of “A Stroke Of Endurance” will be uploaded right before Christmas(I’m creating it now). And an audio described version will be uploaded in 2018. Sorry for the delay. We had to upload the versions separately to speed production up.

For everybody reading this: You can now view a “A Stroke Of Endurance” via our official site here http://cripvideoproductions.com/astrokeofendurance.php (accessible versions will be added to the same page!)