November 17, 2023

Crip Video Productions is thrilled to announce that our producer Dylan Rothbein, who is the producer of our full length Crip Video Productions and PSC CUNY collaboration documentary project "What The Body Believes", has been accepted to Rabbinical School.

May 17, 2023:

Dylan Rothbein is now the producer of our full length Crip Video Productions and PSC CUNY collaboration documentary project "What The Body Believes". Professor Mary Lynn Navarro is co directing the film and has been since 2020 when the project was known as "Students Talk".

December 18, 2021:

Margot Cole and Izabela Ginda are featured in Teatro Paraguas "A Musical Pinata for Christmas 9" on Xerb.

September 28, 2021:

I spoke to a group of young adult students today about some of the activism I've done for disability rights on college campuses trying to approve accessibility for disabled students. I also got to speak on the reasons behind why I created Crip Video Productions to dispel the "Better Dead Than Disabled" stereotype and some of the inaccessibility I have faced in the school system and how disability is never one-size-fits all. Someone asked how I started writing films so I mentioned I began writing by writing stage plays such as "Drama Sighted". I mentioned the experiences of shooting and writing of "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" and "A Stroke Of Endurance" and how some characters were more fun to write because they had different views from each other. We discussed some science as it relates to current events. We discussed calling out ableism when it happens. We discussed invisible disabilities. We talked about disability as an aspect of the human condition. I was asked about Crip Video Productions collaborations with Teatro Paraguas and Julesworks Follies.

May 12, 2021:

Crip Video Productions continues to educate on classes on disability rights online via video calls. Margot Cole of Crip Video Productions was production assistant for the Teatro Paraguas Zoom production "Into The Beautiful North" in April and was featured in Julesworks Follies.

December 18, 2020:

Crip Video Productions cast members Margot Cole, John Diodato and Izabela Ginda performed with Teatro Paraguas theater in "Home For The Holidays: Con Amor Y Gozo" by Alix Hudson.

November 19, 2020:

We continue to use the films as online education tools and our November presentation had the largest turnout we have had so far for a video conference call.

May 12, 2020:

Due to Coronavirus all planned in-person Crip Video Productions have been delayed or moved online. We have been doing presentations on the films via Video call and pre recorded videos regularly. We hope perhaps some of the footage can be used for other future projects. Today we had a particularly successful video call for a bunch of college classes, totaling about 40 people, about the films "A Stroke Of Endurance" and "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" and the effects of Coronavirus on the disability community like the stroke risk associated with COVID19 which was perfect timing because May is also "Stroke Awareness Month". We wish all of our fans good health.

January 27, 2020:

After a successful video interview for "Students TALK", creator, Professor Mary Lynn Navarro of Kingsborough Community College, decided to take more footage of me and the cast of "A Stroke Of Endurance" and "Only Those Who Limp Allowed". In early December we shot more footage of me and then decided that Crip Video Productions would collaborate with her for a longer period of time and create a video project in a documentary-like style for "Students Talk". Today many of my actors were video recorded giving 2 presentations for 2 of Mary Lynn Navarro's classes. We had 2 productive in depth discussions mostly about Crip Video Productions, disability and media. We may shoot more content in Spring 2020.

November 14, 2019:

I had the honor of being invited to be interviewed for a show called "Students TALK" created by Professor Navarro of Kingsborough Community College, and her journalism students on camera. The students asked great questions like whether or not I would like a disabled Disney Princess to be created and how I became interested in making films. Professor Navarro and I will shoot more footage over the coming months. The show is NOT created yet. When the series is released on TV and/or online Crip Video Productions will make a special post on this page describing how to view the show. We have full legal permission from Professor Navarro and her wonderful students to write this update.

October 24, 2019:

Throughout October Crip Video Productions has been doing screenings and Q&As privately for teachers who wanted to use our films as teaching tools. We spoke to a class of students learning to be teachers using the film "Drama Sighted" and spoke to 2 psychology classes about "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" and "A Stroke Of Endurance" with 2 actors from the films. The screening Q&A was structured like a panel with all different perspectives about disability. We spread the message that disability is NOT tragic. One student was so moved by our story that she cried. We also got feedback from another fan who loved "Crips Not Creeps" and compared "Crips Not Creeps" to a Martin Sorcece film! Please continue to contact us to use our films as teaching tools.

April 30, 2019

Crip Video Productions films are being used as teaching tools to teach about Cerebral Palsy, access, bullying prevention, and Individual Education Programs (IEPs). Please contact Crip Video Productions via our contact page on this website if you are reading this and want to use our films as a teaching tool.

February 23, 2019

Our "backup blog" has been added to the blog tab on this website and the Tumblr blog now has its own tab. The Crip Video Productions Google Plus is officially shutting down in April 2019 because Google Plus itself will no longer exist as of April 2019. The shutting down of the Crip Video Productions Google Plus was NOT the decision of Crip Video Productions. Any active links and relevant data from the Crip Video Productions Google Plus has already been saved and will be moved to the blogspot blog at the "blog" tab so please use the blog tab as you would have used the Crip Video Productions Google Plus page.

December 16, 2018

A new "Backup blog" has been created here https://cripvideoproductions.blogspot.com. We will be slowly adding posts to this extra blog in case anything ever goes wrong with our official website, Google Plus page, and Tumblr page. If you experience difficulty with any Crip Video Productions social media or website page check the backup blog for any details then please contact us to notify us of the problem. Please note that blogspot uses cookies. We created this "backup blog" when we heard Tumblr was updating. For now our official Crip Video Productions Tumblr appears to be working fine. We will update you if anything changes with the Crip Video Productions Tumblr. Stay tuned for updates in 2019! Happy Holidays!

October 29, 2018

Today is World Stroke Day 2018. We hope our latest film "A Stroke Of Endurance" can become a great resource for all people effected by stroke. To watch the film for free please go to the "films tab" on this website. In honor of World Stroke Day, and the real life stroke survivors who have inspired and supported "A Stroke Of Endurance" one of our actors who played a student in "A Stroke Of Endurance" named John Diodato wrote this following poem
""A Stroke is no joke. It is very spontaneous. Many people could use help during a stroke but do not receive it due to lack of awareness. We can all help each other. All it could take to save a life is one word. Awareness."

October 23, 2018

Today we were invited back to Kingsborough Community College to screen "A Stroke Of Endurance" for the Diversity Film Festival twice in the same day and do 2 Q&As where we were able to educate students on how similar Cerebral Palsy and Stroke really are and how to and include disabled people in all aspects of life. Crip Video Productions is honored to have been a part of the Diversity Festival since it began in 2015 and we hope for the opportunity to return in 2019.

August 14, 2018

Big news! Crip Video Productions has added audio description to all 4 of our current films! Audio descriptions are provided by Tucker Salovaara. This is the first time Crip Video Productions has offered audio descriptions for our blind,visually impaired, and low vision fanbase. Audio description was first requested by our fans in 2016 but due to lack of resources,and complications with multiple previous attempts at audio descriptions the release of the audio described versions had to be delayed. Luckily Tucker Salovaara who was featured in our film "Crips Not Creeps" was able to use a free service called "YouDescribe" to create audio description. Super special thanks to Tucker. You may access all 4 audio described films directly here

Drama Sighted: https://youdescribe.org/video/WvxTwlzEAYk?ad=5b719fd25673f74614a1e3c6

Crips Not Creeps: https://youdescribe.org/video/KLl1NzexjP8?ad=5b71c97f7c83643ee058a9b4

Only Those Who Limp Allowed: https://youdescribe.org/video/zmE3aeMd1yc?ad=5b72fbc17c83643ee058a9d4

A Stroke of Endurance: https://youdescribe.org/video/KIZProYn7R4?ad=5b730bb0e6cc7f461fb09d43

If anyone reading this news update would like to use the audio described films for screenings please contact us via our contact page immediately for details and instructions!

May 29, 2018

Today we had a screening of "A Stroke Of Endurance" for Student World Assembly club. We had a nice large turnout and the feedback was extremely positive. One of the audience members informed us that they were not aware that a stroke was even considered a disability before viewing the film. We explained that some strokes cause disability and others like Transient Ischemic Attacks(known as TIAs or mini strokes) often don't and it all depends on the severity of the stroke. We have permission from Student World Assembly to write this post.

May 16, 2018

Today we were invited back to the Kingsborough Community College Diversity Festival to screen "A Stroke Of Endurance" and were made aware that we have new fans all the way in Israel! Special thanks to KCC for inviting us and for their help in the creation and shooting of "A Stroke Of Endurance"! We also had other private screenings throughout April and May of 2018 to help teach classes on empathy and spread awareness of the value of life with a disability. Some people from the private screenings are helping us with what we hope will be our newest creative projects.

March 25, 2018

Crip Video Productions had 2 amazing screenings of "A Stroke Of Endurance" at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe New Mexico USA yesterday and today with a Q&A with the cast and crew via Skype. The trailers for "Drama Sighted", "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" and "Crips Not Creeps" were shown first and then "A Stroke Of Endurance" was shown in full. The audience was wonderful, asked fantastic questions and gave us beautiful compliments saying that "A Stroke Of Endurance" inspired and moved them. Special thanks to JoJo Tarnoff and all of Teatro Paraguas for this amazing opportunity!

February 15, 2018

Teatro Paraguas in collaboration with Crip Video Productions, presents screenings of "A Stroke Of Endurance" a film about friendship, faith, and endurance. Dates: Saturday March 24th 2018 at 7:00pm. & Sunday March 25th 2018 at 2:00pm. Located at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie suite B, Santa Fe New Mexico. Q&A with cast and crew to follow screenings! For full details see our screenings page and social media!

December 15, 2017

The open captioned version of "A Stroke Of Endurance" has been released. The trailers and bloopers for "A Stroke Of Endurance" with captions have been added to the extras page of this site. This is the first time Crip Video Productions has offered captioning on its bloopers.

December 5, 2017

"A Stroke Of Endurance" had its first screening premiere at Kingsborough Community College with a special Q&A panel with the cast and the crew of the film. More screenings will be scheduled for the coming months. Some "A Stroke Of Endurance" bloopers will also be uploaded soon with open captions for our deaf fans.

November 21, 2017

"A Stroke Of Endurance" has finally been released online! "A Stroke Of Endurance" can be viewed on this site under the "films" tab. A version of "A Stroke Of Endurance" with open captions for our deaf and hard of hearing fans will be uploaded by the end of 2017 and added to the same page of the site. A version of "A Stroke Of Endurance" with audio description for blind viewers along with audio described versions of our 3 previous films will hopefully be uploaded in 2018.

October 30, 2017

We are now well into the editing process of "A Stroke Of Endurance" despite some technical difficulties. The music for the opening and closing credits has been created and the basic look of the flashbacks effects has been approved. Today Crip Video Productions was invited to the Kingsborough Community College Diversity Festival once again. We originally planned to screen the new film "A Stroke Of Endurance" for the festival but since "A Stroke Of Endurance" is not released yet we came up with the plan of showing "Drama Sighted" and a few, brand new exclusive promotional clips from "A Stroke Of Endurance". The response to both films was extremely encouraging and has motivated us to make "A Stroke Of Endurance" even better.

August 28, 2017

We now have a rough cut of "A Stroke Of Endurance". The special effects, music, and color correction editing for "A Stroke Of Endurance" begin after September 4th. Margot director of Crip Video Productions also wrote about our creative process including casting disabled actors and writing stories about disability for "Disabled Spectator" http://disabledspectator.com/disabled-filmmaker-margot-cole/

July 10, 2017

We are now 95% done with shooting our newest film "A Stroke Of Endurance". Despite some issues casting very early in the production and some technical issues that made things a bit disorganized, this was by far our quickest and easiest bunch of shoot days Crip Video Productions has had. The place we shot the footage at was absolutely amazing about giving us permission to shoot. The cast was a wonderful, talented, diverse group of different abilities,races and ages. Then when we had technical difficulties the cast was generous enough to shoot some of the footage themselves with our direction. In this way the cast got to experience more than one aspect of film shooting. The cast taught us about various disabilities we hardly knew about,including invisible disabilities and invisible conditions. We are going to miss seeing each other on a regular basis. Thanks to them we hope to make a film that will help many others! In between the shooting process we had multiple screenings and teaching opportunities using previous Crip Video Productions films. Even though casting for "A Stroke Of Endurance" has ended if anybody is interested in being involved in future projects as an actor, or helping with "A Stroke Of Endurance" in other ways please use our contact page to let us know. Keep checking this page and our blog for production updates.

February 22, 2017

Crip Video Productions is finally announcing our brand new film "A Stroke Of Endurance" The film is about a disabled college student who has Cerebral Palsy and her classmates who must deal the physical and emotional ramifications of their professor becoming disabled in the middle of the semester when they least expect it. The film will be roughly 17 minutes long, and will feature some brand new abled bodied and physically disabled characters. Here is the list of the characters we need to cast.

PROFESSOR BEN: Male. 30s to 40s. Can be of any race. Has a gentle nature and is slightly stubborn. He has a mild stroke so he has a slight motor and sensory disability but can walk and speak very clearly. His mental functions i.e mental abilities and speech are NOT affected. Disabled actor highly preferred but not mandatory.

ALICE: Female. 20s. She has strong Christian faith and is a voice of reason. African American actress preferred. Able bodied actress preferred but not mandatory.

ADVISOR: Female. 30s to 40s. Able bodied. Rude and condescending. Can be of any race.

PROFESSOR 1: Female prefered. 40s. Able Bodied. White. Has very thick southern accent.

PROFESSOR 2: 30s to 40s. Can be male or female but male highly preferred. Can be of any race. Able bodied. Speaks in loud voice and likes to show off. Is a bit obnoxious.

PARANOID STUDENT: Female. 20s. Sweet and often talks in quick, frantic voice.

BIG MOUTH STUDENT: Male. 20s. Able Bodied actor preferred. Very blunt. Says whatever is on his mind but has good intentions.

STUDENT 1: 20s. Can be male or female. Can be of any race. Able bodied actor preferred.

STUDENT 2: 20s. Can be male or female. Can be of any race. Able bodied actor preferred.

STUDENT 3: 20s. Can be male or female. Can be of any race. Able bodied actor preferred.

DISABLED STUDENT 1: 20s. Has physical disability. Can be male or female. Can be of any race. Disabled actor preferred.

DISABLED STUDENT 2: 20s. Has physical disability. Can be male or female. Can be of any race. Disabled actor preferred.

DISABLED STUDENT 3: 20s. Has physical disability. Can be male or female. Can be of any race. Disabled actor preferred.

This film will also likely require a mix of young adult disabled and able bodied extras. Please let us know if you would like to be an extra? Please provide phone number, email address, and photo if possible when emailing the address(es) below. All scenes will be shot in south Brooklyn, New York City (NYC). All scenes will be shot in accessible locations. Non-professional actors as well as professional actors welcomed. No acting experience required. PLEASE NOTE: This is a very low budget project so actors must be willing to work PRO BONO (no pay)! However some food will be provided and the actors will receive free DVD copies of the finished film (as many copies as they wish). Rehearsals and shooting will take place around June/July 2017. I hope to release the film onto YouTube and this blog in late 2017 or early 2018 depending on how fast the post production process is. If you, or anyone you know, is interested please contact us ASAP at casting@cripvideoproductions.com

If you are unsure of how to contact us please see our contact page. All casting information for the new film is provided via our blog here http://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/157585455766/a-stroke-of-endurance-casting-call

November 2, 2016

Today Crip Video Productions was invited to screen "Crips Not Creeps" for the Kingsborough Community College Diversity Film Festival today after the success of our screening of "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" at the same Diversity Festival in October 2015. Our director Margot Cole and our wonderful actor Dustin Jones who plays Frank in the film were originally going to do a Q&A together after the screening but because of circumstances far beyond our control Margot Cole attended the event herself. During the Q&A there was mostly discussion about the film production like editing and diverse casting practices. Disability is the most diverse minority there is after all, because it can affect anybody of any group or minority globally at any time. A new fan of ours expressed interest in another screening and we hope these plans may someday come to fruition. Special thanks to Kingsborough! Our apologizes for the lack of recent updates to this news page.

October 28, 2015

Crip Video Productions was invited to screen "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" for the Diversity Film Festival at Kingsborough Community College this morning. We had a large turnout and had a Q&A where we discussed disability in relation to romantic relationships, difference, including difference of opinion within the disability community and the meaning behind the word "Crip". People had all kinds of good feedback for us and asked brave honest questions. We hope showing our work at this festival will lead to more outreach opportunities. Special thanks to KCC and all of the audience members for coming!! I also apologize to our fans that our last few screenings could not be advertised to the general public. The last few screenings were specialized screenings which accounts for why they were not mentioned prior to happening. All future special screenings will be mentioned after the fact. As soon as we have another screening for the general public however, we promise you will be notified via our screenings page, blog and social media.

October 16, 2015

Crip Video Productions has been doing a lot of outreach work in the past 24 hours. Last night we were invited to a charity event for a Russian-American disability related arts foundation and screened a portion of "Crips Not Creeps" Then today we were invited to speak to a self advocacy and independence class for young adults who are physically and mentally disabled where we screened all 3 of our films and had a Q&A. It seemed like the films resonated with the students because we had an interesting and honest discussion after each film. It is our hope that we have inspired these students to keep open minds and make their needs known.

October 8, 2015

Today we had a screening of the "Crips Not Creeps" trailer as part of a private educational talk about Cerebral Palsy and Brain Injuries. Most of what was discussed revolved around the symptoms of Cerebral Palsy and living a full life with a brain injury. There needs to be more awareness of how Cerebral Palsy affects balance and reflexes. We are thrilled and honored that our films can be used to educate and inform as well as entertain!

July 29, 2015

We had an amazing screening of Crips Not Creeps at Big Sky Learning in Santa Fe New Mexico tonight! It was a huge success! We had a large turnout and the questions the audience asked were fantastic! Special thanks to Michael Sheppard, JoJo Tarnoff, Jeff Tarnoff, Walei Sabry and everybody else that came to watch!

June 25, 2015

A new Press page has been added to this website. Please check it out. We have also confirmed a new screening of our newest film "Crips Not Creeps" on July 29th 2015 at 5:00pm at a high school in Santa Fe New Mexico as part of Big Sky Learning where Walei Sabry and Margot Cole plan to do another Q&A. If you live in Santa Fe and are interested please contact us via email on our contact page, as we are promoting to the Santa Fe area only (instead of nationwide like with the Teatro Paraguas screening) and are unsure of how many people we can fit in the space we were given. The screening is mostly for those connected to Big Sky Learning. If something changes we will keep you all updated.

May 16, 2015

Tonight we had our screening at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe New Mexico. It was a smashing success despite a slightly lower turnout due to snow. We did a Q&A via Skype with our founder Margot Cole and our music composer Walei Sabry. Somebody offered to set up a second screening in the same general area at some time in the future so check our screening page regularly for updates for another chance to see us in public!

May 4, 2015

Crip Video Productions founder Margot Cole was interviewed by Able Pathways Media about the making of the films, our mission, and our Santa Fe New Mexico screening! Listen to the interview here http://www.ablepathwaysmedia.com/a-talk-with-margot-cole/

April 28, 2015

This morning my college screened "Drama Sighted" and "Crips Not Creeps" for their Disability Awareness week! The screening was a huge success! We were able to discuss issues like bullying and Individual Education Programs (IEPs) for disabled students as well as spread awareness of Cerebral Palsy and Juvenile Macular Degeneration. I apologize that we could not release a flyer or press release for the college screening. There was limited space so I had to only advertise on the campus itself. Please check out our screenings page for more opportunities to see my films screened in public settings.

April 20, 2015

"Drama Sighted", "Only Those Who Limp Allowed" and "Crips Not Creeps" are all being screened in public at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe New Mexico on May 16 2015 at 6:00pm MDT. Please see our screenings page for more info. Our founder Margot Cole will also be doing a podcast interview about Crip Video Productions that will be released online soon.

March 4, 2015

A new screenings page has been added to this website. Check it out!

February 4, 2015

The enhanced version of "Crips Not Creeps" has been added to the "Crips Not Creeps" page of this website.

February 1, 2015

A high visual quality enhanced version of "Crips Not Creeps" has been created and uploaded today. This version was created using a stablization tool built into YouTube. We had to make an alternate video to make sure the file works/plays properly and had to change the opening titles on the enhanced version so the enhancement tool wouldn't make the credits bounce around the screen. We do not know if the original version will remain online or not so please stay tuned for possible updates to this site. We apologize that the enhanced version is NOT open captioned. The enhancement tool makes the captions completely unreadable. We will keep the older lower visual quality video with the open captions online for our deaf and hard of hearing fans. The response to "Crips Not Creeps" has been hugely positive so far.

January 30, 2015

"Crips Not Creeps" has been posted online. See it on the "Crips Not Creeps" page of this website!

December 9, 2014

The official trailer for "Crips Not Creeps" has been released online! Check out the Extras page on this website to view the trailer.

December 1, 2014

An official trailer for "Crips Not Creeps" has been made. We will color/sound correct it, add open captions, then release the trailer in a few weeks, prior to the release of the film itself. The music issues are closer to being resolved.

November 16, 2014

We are making a trailer for "Crips Not Creeps" that will have open captions for the deaf. I am learning how to edit audio clips in iMovie 11 for the trailer. We are still fine tuning the music.

October 5, 2014

There might be a slight delay in making the music for "Crips Not Creeps" because of technical issues. We are hoping to resolve it in 2 or 3 weeks. I am able to at least use rough versions of the songs to edit the visual sequences correctly.