(Event date, March 3, 2024)
PITY PORN THEMES: Hollywood’s Overused Deaf Characters& Disability Tropes
Authenticity in storytelling and Disabled Characters
PANEL TOPIC
Keeping the Industry Door Open: Beyond the “Trend” of Disability.
“Being deaf and being Black, that story has not been told, and we our stories are usually told by hearing individuals… we have to own our own stories and we have to be the one to tell these stories.” - Jade Bryan on the overdone “pity” stories about individuals with disabilities and what stories need to be told instead.Instagram: MICA_Scoop
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