Beth Haller writes about the new movie Blindness recently reviewed at the Cannes Film Festival here and here and here.
"I ... hoped that some blind actors would be involved but haven't heard that they are. I wish non-disabled actors who have some connection to disability would think about advocating on behalf of hiring actors with disabilities. Mark Ruffalo survived a benign brain tumor in 2000 that left him with partial paralysis, which was not permanent. Ruffalo is fine stage and screen actor, who is gaining much more power in Hollywood, and I'd love to see him put that power to good use in assisting actors with disabilities to get hired."
I was pleased to be able to leave this comment on her blog Media Dis&Dat
I'm so pleased to have discovered this new movie thanks to you! Steve (Kuusisto) and I (Connie) will be very interested in following this...
As for your comment: "I wish non-disabled actors who have some connection to disability would think about advocating on behalf of hiring actors with disabilities"... That's exactly what Howard Renensland is doing with [with]tv. (www.with-tv.com) The rest of us just need to support him by spreading the word, as I know you have. Thanks for that, too!
~ Connie