Shooting Actors who Have Intellectual Disabilities:: A Reflexive Analysis on the Making of the Feature Film Sanctuary

Len Collin

doi:10.1163/9789004424678_014

Shooting Actors who Have Intellectual Disabilities: A Reflexive Analysis on the Making of the Feature Film Sanctuary

Len Collin

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Abstract

Film director and academic Len Collin, challenges representations of disability through the medium of fiction film, utilizing Professor Colin Barnes’s 1992 paper Disabling Imagery and the Media as a manifesto and guide to best practice, during the production of the feature film Sanctuary. Thereby challenging the film and TV industry to improve it’s record on disability representation and providing insight into methods of working with actors who have intellectual disabilities. This work is contextualized by exploring the themes of representation and the relevant work that has appeared on our screens before.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Disability and Dissensus:
Subtitle of host publication	Strategies of Disability Representation and Inclusion in Contemporary Culture
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Chapter	12
ISBN (Print)	9789004405981
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004424678_014
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 1 Jul 2019

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