Fridays Ep. 101 “The Comedown”
Switched at Birth (2011–)
Series on ABC Family, featuring deaf character Daphne Vasquez.
The Fifth Gospel (1990)
In 1989, Nabil Shaban with his then girlfriend, Tina Leslie, went to Lourdes to make a television documentary about disability and Christianity, commissioned by the BBC. It was called “The Fifth Gospel”.
It was produced and directed by Nigel Evans, and written by Nigel Evans, Tina Leslie and Nabil Shaban.
The programme was screened in 1990 as part of BBC’s Everyman religious affairs slot.
Love and Disability
From the panel discussion at BFI, 27th November 2015. Love and Disability – Event text
Reflections On the Coney Island Freak Show
– Originally published in The Huffington Post 10/08/2015 “Why are you doing this?” I asked myself as I handed over $10 to enter the infamous Coney Island Side Show. After all, as a person of short stature, I could easily…
Framed
Framed: Interrogating disability in the media. 1997 Edited by Ann Pointon with Chris Davis Framed brought together the thinking and writing on a large number of the key players who were pushing for more and fairer representation of disabled people…
R J Mitte talking about being a disabled actor on BBC
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31923337 3.56
2015 Broadsheet Moving Image Portrayal of Disability:Then and Now
This years 12 page broadsheet examines current portrayal in TV and Film and Past portrayal of disability. PDF Word document Large print version Text-only version Easy-read version
Portrayal in Film
A series of clips showing portrayals of disability in mainstream film, across the history of cinema. Full playlist here.