‘Ramy’ Star Steve Way Slams The Motion Picture Academy For “Violating Federal Law” During Panel On Disabled Representation – ATX
” brought various disabled creatives together to reflect on historically limited representation of disabilities in film and TV, and ways in which that can be remedied.
During the wide-ranging conversation, moderated by IndieWire’s Kristen Lopez, Beattie pointed out the unfortunate fact that, a documentary about the revolution in disability rights, lost out at the Oscars “to an octopus,” at the center of Netflix’sAt the same time, Cromer pointed to a problematic contradiction when it comes to awards, which negatively affects the disabled community.
Beattie, Cheyenne, Way and Haddad also said that looking to the future, it will be important to have more disabled journalists in entertainment, who can speak to disabled stories from a place of understanding. “If we want our stories to be told authentically, then we have to have people who understand what that’s like to help us through that,” said Way. “I don’t think its unfair for us to request that because I think anything less than that …is not just unfair to us.
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