Disability Forum Hollywood: October 24
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For the actors, writers, directors, Casting Directors and Industry Professionals Producers Explore Opportunities and challenges people with disabilities in Entertainmen
Event: Saturday, October 24 – UCLA School of Theater, Film and Televisio
The forum will focus on best practices of industry pioneers that include stories with characters with disabilities and who hire the disabled artists, film, radio and television production stageWhat: An industry executive forum to examine the veracity of the pictures of film and television as well as inclusion and access opportunities for people with disabilities in the entertainment industry.
A collaborative effort between the entertainment unions, educational organizations and advocacy groups, this inaugural joint forum is presented by the I AM the people with disabilities (Inclusion of Arts and Media for People with Disabilities) campaign of “equity Agents Association, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and Writers with Disabilities Committee and the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
Who: Peter Farrelly, producer-director-writer (Something About Mary) – Speaker Vince Gilligan, writer and producer (Breaking Bad), RJ Mitte, actor (Breaking Bad) Daryl “Chill Mitchell, actor (Brothers) Janis Hirsch, writer -producer (brothers, Will and Grace), David Milch, writer and producer (Deadwood), Geri Jewell, actor (Deadwood), Robert David Hall, actor (CSI), Danny Woodburn, actor (Seinfeld) Linda Bove, actor (Sesame Street, Deaf West), Bill Duke, actor-director (Karen Sisco, Predator) Paul Kampf, actor-director-writer (Three Brothers: An American Gothic) Video Special Appearance by Ricky Gervais (The Office
When: Saturday, October 24th, 05.09 hours
Where: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television – 102 Melnitz Hall East, parking in Structure 3
Details: Fifty-six million Americans – 20% of U.S. population – Has a disability. Despite being the largest minority group in the country, people with disabilities are almost invisible in the entertainment media