{"id":26598,"date":"2025-03-05T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=26598"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:24:22","slug":"film-festival-focusing-on-disabled-voices-to-be-held-at-interurban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2025\/03\/05\/film-festival-focusing-on-disabled-voices-to-be-held-at-interurban\/","title":{"rendered":"Film festival focusing on disabled voices to be held at Interurban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through the collaborative effort of Camosun faculty and students, the Sprout Film Festival will be taking place on Friday, March 14 at the Interurban campus. All the short films and music videos featured were made and include acting by people with disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Organizers Asha Rao, Hannah Glasspoole, and Grey Lagran hope that it will inspire learning and perspective in the student body and the wider college community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of film is pretty awesome, because it\u2019s a way in which people can have a shared experience. You\u2019re not going to a class\u2014it\u2019s for the whole college,\u201d says Community, Family and Child Studies instructor Rao. \u201cAnd there\u2019s no pressure\u2014you just come and watch some films, and maybe sprout a new idea about your thoughts around disability.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the first year that the film festival will take place; Rao originally had the idea eight years ago, but couldn\u2019t access funds for the project. This year, Camosun had an initiative in the winter through its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion fund, and Rao applied. With the help of her Education Assistant and Community Support students Lagran and Glasspoole, the festival was brought to life. After Rao asked her class who might be interested in helping out, Lagran and Glasspoole stepped up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool to have it in film, because then we can see a snapshot into these people\u2019s lives and put ourselves into their shoes,\u201d says Lagran. \u201cI really like seeing life from the perspective of other people, so I\u2019m really excited to see these films in a perspective I haven\u2019t experienced before.\u201d<\/p>\n

The films were chosen by faculty from three programs\u2014Early Learning and Care; Community, Family and Child Studies; and Education Assistant and Community Support. Rao and the faculty wanted the film choices to be a surprise for the students and the college community. Lagran is excited to see how sharing these short films and videos may change the way attendees see and treat people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to see through the lens of what people with disabilities may experience really opens [your] eyes of how people can be empathetic and treat their fellow people,\u201d says Lagran.<\/p>\n

Glasspoole is looking forward to the college community being able to see and recognize how they may underestimate people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited about how the videos are made and acted by people with disabilities. The perspective and storytelling can give you an insight that just hearing facts never does,\u201d says Glasspoole. \u201cFilms are such a communal and fun… experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representation in media such as film allows people with different abilities to be humanized and their experiences shared, breaking down stigmas and stereotypes that oppress people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people with disabilities get infantilized, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and seeing from their perspective either how that feels or how incorrect people are acting towards them could really open some people\u2019s eyes,\u201d says Lagran.<\/p>\n

Glasspoole has seen movies with good representation of people with disabilities and recognizes the importance of highlighting the individuality of the people on screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven people with the same diagnosis or similar disabilities have their own interests, strengths, family backgrounds, and so on,\u201d says Glasspoole. \u201cYou can\u2019t assume anything, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rao hopes to start a tradition in coming years for students to participate in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it should happen every year,\u201d says Rao. \u201cFilm is a powerful form of visual learning and offers people different ways to express themselves. It\u2019s a great initiative that the college had, and offered some opportunity for creativity and collaboration with other colleagues and students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sprout Film Festival
\n<\/i>12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Friday, March 14
\nFree, LACC124, Liz Ashton Campus Centre, Interurban<\/p>\n

Correction: We originally misspelled both Hannah Glasspoole’s and Asha Rao’s last names. We apologize for the mistake.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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