Bus Stop Films hosts Disability Employment Summit
First ever summit to explore disability employment in film, TV and commercial production set for November.
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L to R: Keely Cat-Wells, Tracey Corbin-Matchett OAM, Peter Tonagh.
The first ever summit to explore disability employment in film, TV and commercial production, will be held at Bondi Beach in November.
Bus Stop Films is hosting ‘Driving Change: Disability Employment Summit’ which will explore the employment of people with disability across the screen content industries, on both sides of the camera and above and below the line.
The summit will elevate and celebrate the people behind and purpose for driving change in policy, production, attitude and storytelling around disability.
Stand-up comedian and disability advocate Madeline Stewart and body positivity advocate April Hélène-Horton AKA The Bodzilla will serve as MC.
Internationally renowned disability advocate Keely Cat-Wells, Founder & CEO Making Space, will deliver a keynote address. Her work in disrupting employment practices and policies in Hollywood is opening up employment pathways for people with disability with leading production companies including Hello Sunshine, Netflix and Universal NBC.
Session topics include: First Nations & Disability, Casting and Disability, Disability and Advertising, Deaf Community and Culture and many more. More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tracey Corbin-Matchett OAM – CEO says: “This year our commitment to inclusive practice has taken the Bus to the UN in New York and the Oscars in LA, and now we’re heading to Bondi Beach. Never before has the Australian screen and advertising sectors come together to celebrate the disability community and explore how the dynamic sectors can do better and be better around disability employment. I encourage policy makers, producers, creatives and commissioners to join us in Driving Change.”
Bus Stop Films is seed funding the summit through their own resources and is seeking sponsors.
Sunday 17 – Tuesday 19 November 2024
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach, Sydney,
drivingchangesummit.com
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Suggestions in relation to, or stemming from Dylan Alcott’s advocacy for disability representation in television advertising is that there is a place for a potential disability multichannel from either ABC or SBS that features content related to disabilities. It would be regarded as a critical or vital service and could contain representation of people with disabilities and Auslan content, which would be educational and beneficial for everyone, not only just people with disabilities.
The United Kingdom had also approved and enacted the British Sign Language Act 2022, which recognises sign language as official, therefore providing the impetus to provide services, such as sufficient sign language interpreted content on television as a standard requirement.