WHEELCHAIR USERS TELL THEIR STORIES
IN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARIES
The team applied to an open call for documentary submissions from nonprofit Independent Television Services and received $350,000 in funding plus a pipeline to PBS.
ITVS funds and presents documentaries on public television, new media projects on the internet, and the weekly Independent Lens on PBS.
Kelsey Peterson said the support from ITVS turned
her project from a personal endeavor to a high-caliber film.
Filming the documentary helped Kelsey Peterson rediscover the internal artist and storyteller she had lost post-SCI.
She was a successful dancer prior to her injury and loved expressing herself through dance.
She says her “internalized ableism” made it difficult for her to see
herself as a dancer after her injury.
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