JANUARY 29-31, 2010
MADCAP THEATRES
TEMPE, ARIZONA
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Dear Wheelchair Maker
DEAR WHEELCHAIR MAKER
(USA, 2009) Director: Gene R. Rodgers
Documentary, English, 5 minutes
World Premiere
SYNOPSIS
Gene, a quadriplegic, puts the finishing touches on a video he will send to a wheelchair maker. The video includes pictures and other video of Gene using former wheelchairs. Those scenes were filmed in 5 other countries as Gene participated in extreme sports and unusual travel.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
"This video was made out of a real need to impress upon vendors, WHY some people need small, lightweight, strong, cool looking wheelchairs."
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Featuring: Gene Rodgers
Director/Editor: Gene Rodgers
Camera/Cinematography: usually just strangers nearby
Filming at Mt. Everest: Andy Cockrum
Filming for scuba video: George Cummings
In collaboration with the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University, the Different From What? Film Festival has been made possible by seed grants from p.a.v.e., the arts entrepreneurship program of the ASU School of Theatre and Film and the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education.
Web Design by Lisa Tolentino.
Director: Gene Rodgers