{"id":5035,"date":"2025-02-03T22:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T06:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:49:53","slug":"inclusive-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=5035","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Filmmaking Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s time for an update on the inclusive film-making projects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrummotionpictures.com\">Spectrum Motion Pictures<\/a>. On February 15 <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> hosts <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70022\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Peter Kangas<\/mark><\/strong> and <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70505\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Josiah Polhemus, <\/mark><\/strong>presenting about their latest film projects featuring a neurodiverse cast and crew, including <strong>Erick Tash<\/strong> &#8211; 2nd AC, <strong>Dennis Huynh<\/strong> &#8211; 1st AC, <strong>Dustin Prarro<\/strong> &#8211; Grip, Swing, Electric, and AASCEND stalwarts <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0011\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Matthew McIntyre<\/mark><\/strong> and <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f60404\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Stacy Kennedy<\/strong> <\/mark>&#8211; Locations\/PA\/Gaffer\/Swing\/Grip. Attend the meeting to find out what all those film-making terms mean, straight from the folks themselves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This meeting will be<strong> <mark style=\"background-color:#fce000\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">in-person only,<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">at the SF Arc<\/mark> <\/strong>(address below).<span style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(177, 106, 0);\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> <\/span><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">No registration is necessary.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spectrum-Films-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spectrum-Films-2025.png 560w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spectrum-Films-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Spectrum-Films-2025-500x281.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">                                                               The Filmmaking Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter Kangas<\/strong> is a filmmaker residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has extensive experience in both live action and set-based environments. <strong>Josiah Polhemus<\/strong> is an actor, producer and director with credits including the movie <strong>Superpowerless <\/strong>and <strong>Mad Men.<\/strong> Together they are working through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrummotionpictures.com\">Spectrum Motion Pictures<\/a>, whose mission is to <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">bring the disability community within the entertainment and film industry,<\/mark><\/strong> to help neurotypical and neurodiverse artists form working partnerships that tap into the deep reservoir of neurodiverse talent and experience and to &#8220;help the neurodiverse world recognize how they can get past stereotypes and take action to fully realize their professional and artistic potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#276d00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#007e50\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br><strong>When:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat<\/strong><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <\/span>Feb 1<\/mark><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e71616\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10am \u2013 noon<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"> <\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">(approx.)<\/mark><strong> <\/strong><\/span><br><strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF<\/span><\/strong> <strong>1500 Howard  St. @ 11th St.  SF, CA 94103   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=1500+Howard+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;sspn=11.81214,16.633301&amp;oq=1500+Howard+st&amp;hnear=1500+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94103&amp;t=m&amp;z=16\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for an update on the inclusive film-making projects of Spectrum Motion Pictures. On February 15 AASCEND hosts Peter Kangas and Josiah Polhemus, presenting about their latest film projects featuring a neurodiverse cast and crew, including Erick Tash &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=5035\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5053,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions\/5053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}