I Wanna Be With You Everywhere

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Whether in the virtual space of a Zoom call or the in-person space of an art museum, the members of the cross-disability collective I Wanna Be With You Everywhere (IWBWYE) find joy in coming together. Steered by the artists and writers Amalle Dublon, Jerron Herman, Carolyn Lazard, Park McArthur, Alice Sheppard, and Constantina Zavitsanos, the collective produces uniquely accessible events for an ever-expanding vision of cross-disability community. Recognizing that through a lack of access, disability communities are often barred from cultural institutions and social resources, the collective creates expansive models of creative access. “We—disabled folks, disabled artists—often do a lot alone,” says Herman. “It takes a little bit of courage to say, instead of allowing systems to separate me and to isolate me, I want to be a part.” Capturing the greater I Wanna Be With You Everywhere community at work and at play, this documentary short embraces the collective’s commitment to an aesthetics which incorporates collectively made creative access while highlighting integrated audio description, open captioning, descriptive audio narration, and ASL interpretation integrated into the film itself.

This film was directed by Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung and Adam Golfer, edited by Danya Abt, and filmed by Adam Golfer, Daniel Shea, and Hannah Whisenant.

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