Crip Video Productions

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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.

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.

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.

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!

College screenings and quotes 2018 archive

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

July 22 2018:

http://thenormalityofabnormality.blogspot.com/2018/07/cpcinema-princess.html

I(Margot) did an interview for my friend’s blog “The Normality of Abnormality” about my experiences with Cerebral Palsy such as surgery, physical therapy, and writing films at Crip Video Productions! Please check out the interview and the other awesome disability related posts on the blog!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bknj4cOlMSg/

A fan of “A Stroke Of Endurance” and Crip Video Productions in general has added the link to “A Stroke Of Endurance” to their new private instagram page. You must have an Instagram page to view the images and link to the film. If you have trouble viewing the link or have suggestions about neat disability related content this person can add to their page please message them on Instagram and let them know. Please follow this person on Instagram. This person will post more content but it is unknown exactly when new content will be posted.

EDIT: Their new Instagram is here https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGNp_Blqrr/

“

A Stroke Of Endurance"

It doesn’t matter where you are, you could be in the U.S,Asia, or even Florence, when it comes to having a disability it is only a challenge.

We collaborate together to the best of our abilities. It doesn’t matter who you are or what time it is, you have to be ready to act.

It does not take much to save a life. Today we did it together. Eventually it will be done to us. Possibly when we least expect it. The bottom line is to treat others the way you want to be treated. We are all here for each other. To simply help one another.

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John Diodato.

A poem about and inspired by “A Stroke Of Endurance” written by John Diodato, a blind actor who played one of the student characters in the film. To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” online for free scroll down on this blog or go to the “films” tab on our official website.

https://sarahkperkins.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/revisiting-the-roll-call/

The Crip Video Productions Tumblr blog was re shared to a blog list called “The Roll Call” . Crip Video Productions was originally shared on “The Roll Call” in 2014 here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/79127325052/the-roll-callbecause a lot of Crip Video Productions’ work is centered around Cerebral Palsy as our director Margot has mild spastic diplegia Cerebral Palsy like most of the lead characters in our films like Ava,Brandon and Randy and part of our mission is to increase understanding of the life experience of having Cerebral Palsy.

This is a great blog list for people who want to learn more about Cerebral Palsy. Our friend @robynlambird who is involved with “Enter The Faun” (a full length documentary on Cerebral Palsy and dance that our director Margot is featured in!), and our friend at “Tonia Says” http://toniasays.blogspot.com @ficdirectory @tarajean621 is also featured on the list in addition to Crip Video Productions. “Tonia Says” gave publicity to “A Stroke Of Endurance” here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/169054816306/creator-of-tonia

Super Special thanks to Sarah Perkins of "The Most Usually Unusual” for the publicity!

SWA “A Stroke Of Endurance” screening

Today was the “A Stroke Of Endurance” screening with SWA. http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/174068461951/swa-screeningThis screening was inspired by the screening for SWA that we did in spring of 2017 of the other 3 Crip Video Productions films “Drama Sighted” “Only Those Who Limp Allowed” and “Crips Not Creeps” http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/161036296636/student-screening right before we began shooting “A Stroke Of Endurance”. Some of the people from our screening premiere http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/168239355046/a-stroke-of-endurance-screening-premiere in December 2017 were also present. As with that previous SWA screening a few of my cast members attended for the screening and Q&A. We had a larger turnout since an entire class came to watch the film. I introduced the films and talked about my hope that my films would help my actors in their careers and increase understanding of disability.

We did a Q&A after the screening. One person asked how long it took to shoot the film. I explained it took about 3 to 4 days to shoot. One person asked what the hardest part of filmmaking was and I explained the hardest parts had to do with scheduling and small details. One person asked what my motivation to create the film was. I told them at first it was simply to express my emotions surrounding the events in my life that originally happened in 2015 and that later on I met other stroke survivors who wanted to see more uplighting stories about strokes, and that I also wanted to depict a character who was new to disability who wanted to live, NOT to die because I felt media too often depicted disability as a tragedy. (This is separate from covering mental illness in media which is a different topic) One of my cast members asked how people’s perceptions of disability changed after seeing the film and after seeing how a cast of disabled and able bodied actors worked together. One audience member said that they did not realize that a stroke was considered a disability. I replied that all strokes were different depending on the area of the brain effected and the severity. Some people are hardly effected by their strokes and don’t identify as disabled, some are like the Professor Ben character in the film, and others are wheelchair users. The audience said the film gave them a lot to think about.

Super Special thanks to Student World Assembly for the party, screening and Q&A! We have full permission from Student World Assembly to write this post!

SWA screening

For KCC Students Only!

Crip Video Productions “A Stroke Of Endurance” screening for Student World Assembly club, Tuesday May 29th at 5:00pm in Room M378 with Q&A!

“A Stroke of Endurance” a film about friendship, faith, and endurance. The story, written and directed by filmmaker, Margot Cole, is about how a college student with 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. Crip Video Productions’ mission is to increase understanding of Disability through storytelling.

Please note, I had special permission from Student World Assembly to post this blog entry.

EDIT: This screening has already happened

KCC Diversity Festival 2018

Today I had a screening of “A Stroke Of Endurance” for Kingsborough’s Diversity Symposium Film Festival. I have been invited to the Diversity Festival to show my films each year since 2015 so it was an honor to be invited once again. I had screened “Drama Sighted” and a few promos for “A Stroke Of Endurance” at the 2017 Diversity Symposium right before “A Stroke Of Endurance” was uploaded and officially released.

I introduced the film. I thanked Kingsborough and talked about how disability is truly the most diverse minority there is because there are so many different disabilities and disability effects everybody regardless of their race, class or what country they are in and that certain aspects of disability seem to be somewhat universal regardless of one’s culture. I explained how I had met some of the people the film is roughly based on because of the Diversity Festival.

We had a smaller turnout than the other times I have been to the festival but it was so nice to hear the audience reactions. A few of the cast members from the film also attended. Instead of the usual Q&A people seemed more comfortable talking to me and the other cast members in a more one on one way after the film ended. People who attended told us how great they thought the film was. One person told us they had shown the youtube link to “A Stroke Of Endurance” to their family who live in Israel. One of these family members was a 90 something year old blind Holocaust Survivor who was described to me as a strong, forgiving person who saved the lives of others. This woman Holocaust Survivor saw the film “A Stroke Of Endurance” just shortly before she died. I’m told she really enjoyed the messages in the film. It made my day to hear that! Some people asked me about the possibility of hosting more screenings and I will be grateful for any new opportunities!

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

May 10 2018:

On May 10th 2018, I did a small private screening for a writing class of Professor Anderson’s at KCC as part of her lessons. We discussed the theme of empathy in the film. Part of the discussion was also about the effects of trauma and I was able to bring up how the effects of the physical trauma to the brain in Cerebral Palsy and Stroke led to certain symptoms. One student asked how long it took to make the film and I explained that if the writing process is included in the time estimation it took about 2 years to create “A Stroke Of Endurance” from start to finish. We have full permission from Professor Anderson and her class to write this blog post and we thank all of them for the wonderful opportunity!

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My name is Matthew, I am president of Beyond the Limits Club at BMCC. It is a club that tries to create a community of both people with and people without disabilities to be a support system for our members. When I first started emailing with Margot, I was already very enthusiastic about working with her. Through a lot of emailing, we made plans to screen one of her films, A Stroke of Endurance, for Beyond the Limits Club. Afterwards we would have a Q&A with Margot and some of her cast. The professionalism she displayed, and the initiative she took when working out how we would do the Q&A was quite impressive.

When I watched the film with the rest of the club, I felt a sense of understanding. I may not have had the same experiences as the characters in the film, but I do know what it’s like to be limited by circumstances that are out of my control, and I have had the same side effect from meds that the actor playing the lead professor did. I know how limiting and time consuming that both a disability and the treatment for it can take, and the toll it takes on your body and mind. In working with Margot, I became inspired to want to do more for people living with both mental, learning, and physical disabilities. I look forward to working with Margot again, and hope that any information or resources I can contribute can be useful to her in her creative processes.

I am now more aware of the burdens that people face beyond my own. A Stroke of Endurance opened my eyes to a new perspective, and I hope that I can take that knowledge and apply it in a way that benefits anyone with a disability, no matter what kind. I want to do more for people with disabilities, in my school and in the world at large. The first step is just finding a way to do it. I hope I can become more like Margot, because she is doing through film what I try to do through leading a club; get the message out there that people don’t have to be alone in dealing with disabilities, that there is a community out there with people who want to help them. Once I find my niche in that world, I’m never letting go.

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Matthew J.

This wonderful feedback is in response to our screening of “A Stroke Of Endurance” via Skype for the BMCC Beyond The Limits club in April 2018. Thank you so much for your kind words Matthew! We have Matthew’s full permission to write this blog post. To read more about this screening please see our previous post here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/173789424311/my-name-is-bernadette-perna-i-am-a-student-at

To watch “A Stroke Of Endurance” online for free please scroll down on this blog or go to the “films” tab on our official website! More exciting news on new screenings and new projects from Crip Video Productions will be posted soon.

“My name is Bernadette Perna. I am a student at BMCC. I am involved in Beyond the Limits club.
One day our club had a film that they wanted us to watch. It was called “A Stroke of Endurance” By Margot Cole. I thought this was a perfect time for me to do my homework on my tablet. I thought this film was going to be boring. So I started to watch it and I couldn’t stop watching it. I couldn’t even eat my slice of pizza that day. After I watched it. I began asking so many questions to ask our President Mathew of our club. He didn’t know some of the answers so we had a computer that we could ask Margot Cole our questions I think you would call it Skype. It gave me encouragement and high self esteem to go forward in a project that was impossible for me to do because I was being shy and didn’t think I could do it because of my disability. I have Bipolar Disorder and ADHD. Because of this film it showed me that just because you have a disability does not mean you can’t do it but there are always ways for you to not only start it but to finish it. Because of this film I finished my project on time and I felt so good about myself. Thank you Margot Cole for making this film. It inspired me to keep going forward in my accomplishing my goal.”

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Bernadette Perna.

In April 2018, I had a screening for a college club called “Beyond The Limits”. I introduced the film and we had a Q&A via Skype. During the Q&A, my actor Tim Snoha said he approached Professor Ben’s character as “How would it feel to not be sure if you can communicate as well as you used to and do your job, because the professor loves to teach.” and used his Cerebral Palsy as a reference for the character. The above quote is from one of our new biggest fans who we met at the screening. Thank you so much for your lovely words Bernadette! We have full permission from Bernadette to post her words.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

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!

New Mexico 2018 screening press release

This post is an archive from Spring 2018.

“A Stroke Of Endurance” New Mexico screening press release!

PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

An Unusual Cinematic Treat

In a place that touts itself as “The City Different,” Santa Fe plays host to countless artistic efforts that feature truly innovative and unique forms of expression. It would seem then, that in a city such as this, patrons of the arts would not easily be surprised by any sort of artistic offering. Yet, creativity comes in many forms and even folks who think they’ve seen it all, can still be delighted and astonished from time to time. And it just so happens that March 24th and 25th will present an opportunity for just that to occur.

In collaboration with Teatro Paraguas, Crip Video Productions will be presenting screenings of “A Stroke of Endurance” a film about friendship, faith, and endurance. The story, written and directed by filmmaker, Margot Cole, is about how a college student with 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.

Among the extraordinary and unexpected aspects of this film is that the film, like all of Crip Video productions, was created by people with disabilities. The mission of the production company is, “…to break barriers and increase understanding of disability through engaging characters and storytelling.” Born with mild Cerebral Palsy herself, Cole has made it her mission to empower people with disabilities through her filmmaking. By naming her production company Crip Video Productions, Cole is using the vernacular of the disabled community to further identify the focus of her works. Other productions the company has engaged in include, “Drama Sighted”, “Only Those Who Limp Allowed” and “Crips Not Creeps.”

What reviewers are saying: “Russian Embedded dolls where layers of representation keep appearing-that is what resonates in this complex and provocative film “A Stroke Of Endurance” -Geraldine Pauling Film Psychohistorian NYC.

“A Stroke of Endurance” can be seen Saturday March 24th at 7:00pm. & Sunday March 25th at 2:00pm at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie suite A, Santa Fe New Mexico. There is no fee to attend the screenings but donations are encouraged and accepted to help Teatro Paraguas continue with their mission.

EDIT: This screening has already happened

Santa Fe 2018 screening press archive

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

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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
For questions email cripvideoproductions@yahoo.com or use our website contact page.
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EDIT: This screening has already happened.

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

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Fan of Crip Video Productions is selling a shirt!

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year from Crip Video Productions! Today we are taking a quite break from archiving previous posts on this blog, to tell you about one of our supporters.

A young man with Cerebral Palsy named Saim who became a fan of Crip Video Productions in late 2017 at a screening of “A Stroke Of Endurance” http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/168239355046/a-stroke-of-endurance-screening-premiere http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/175386370306/disablelegend-on-instagram-the-story-written is selling some fabulous disability pride T shirts and sweatshirts on Bonfire here! https://www.bonfire.com/ss-drifter/

Message from Saim below in italic:

Hi,

My name is Saim Sarwar and I was born with Cerebral Palsy. It is because I have Cerebral Palsy that I want to help other people with Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities feel proud of themselves, giving them new ways to express that, through clothing, media, and other outlets. I want to one build a place where people with disabilites are accepted like everyone else using the money I earn from this campaign. If this vision is something you can get behind then please buy this shirt because this is only the beginning of will be built!

Stay tuned with my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGNp_Blqrr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGNp_Blqrr/ for more updates on S.S Clothing Line, possible giveaways, methods you can make money online, and ways you can help the disability community @S.S_Disabled."

Please be aware: Shipping may cost more if you order from outside the USA! Crip Video Productions apologies for any issues with Bonfire including any accessibility issues. Contact Saim Sarwar, NOT Crip Video Productions if you experience problems with bonfire. Please share the bonfire link widely via social media. If anyone reading this blog has an Instagram and you wish to mention Crip Video Productions in your posts please use the hashtags #CripVideoProductions and #AStrokeOfEndurance" in your posts!

PLEASE NOTE: Crip Video Productions does NOT receive any monetary gain from the sale of this shirt or any donations whatsoever! All profits go entirely to Saim Sarwar!

Please continue to follow this blog for more archived posts!