WHEELCHAIR USERS TELL THEIR STORIES
IN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARIES
Dani Izzie brought cameras everywhere to document her pregnancy.
“They are my children. I want some ownership.
You can’t just buy me,” she says, explaining why she rejected the offer. “There was no guarantee that they were going to get the disability narrative right.
I was worrying, from what I’ve
seen on TV and film, they were going to really fuck it up.”
Izzie held out before eventually deciding to make Dani’s Twins with a
filmmaker known for documentaries with a social impact.
It helped that he was a personal friend and promised her the freedom to tell her story her way.
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