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'Crip Camp' Director Jim LeBrecht Among Disability Futures Fellows

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Jim LeBrecht, the co-director of Sundance doc Crip Camp, Politician actor Ryan J. Haddad and artist-filmmakerTourmaline are amongthe Disability Futures Fellows, announced by the Ford and Andrew W.

Mellon foundations. The recipients of an 18-month initiative administered by United States Artists, which includes $50,000 grant to each fellow, is given to creatives in the hopes to increase the visibility of disabled creatives and their works.

Onscreen and off-screen disability representation remains staggeringly low. GLAAD's "Where We Are on TV" study of the 2019-20 season notes that of the 879 series regulars on broadcast, 3.1 percent had disabilities.USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that only 1.6 percent of all speaking characters.

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