Being Michelle ASL PIP Production
The BEING MICHELLE produced the ASL PIP (Picture in Picture) version of the award-winning feature documentary!!
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ASL PIP ON DEMAND SCREENING EVENT + PRE-RECORDED PANEL DISCUSSION
September 20th - October 4th, 2024
The ASL PIP version is interpreted by Alisha Bronk. Please read Alisha's bio below.
We invite you to join us for the BEING MICHELLE ASL PIP Virtual World Premiere! All audience members will receive access to a pre-recorded panel discussion with Being Michelle Team members moderated by Michael Kaufer.
BEING MICHELLE is an award-winning feature-length documentary film about a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse and now uses her artwork to depict the trauma she survived and heal from her past.
BRING THE FILM TO YOUR COMMUNITY
If you are interested in bringing this film to your community organization, library, school, government office, etc., please sign up for a screening request form on the website:
https://www.beingmichelle.com/being-michelle-screening-request
BACKGROUND ON THE FILM
The diverse team of Deaf and hearing filmmakers, leaders and advocates worked with Michelle Ricks for 5 years to bring her story to the world. The ASL PIP Version of BEING MICHELLE will make the film accessible to Deaf individuals like Michelle whose first language is American Sign Language. The film is currently available with English Open Captions, English Audio Description, Spanish Open Captions, French Closed Captions, Catalan Closed Captions.....and now it will also be available with ASL PIP!
We believe in the human #RightToCommunication and creating this version of the film is our next step towards that goal! Please join us! The BEING MICHELLE team is beyond thrilled to be working with Alisha Bronk to create this version.
ALISHA BRONK
As a Deaf Interpreter immersed in the field for over thirty years, Alisha Bronk is passionate in elevating the field of American Sign Language.
Alisha earned her Bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University and went on to complete her Master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Portland State University in 2009. She has taught courses in Deaf Interpreting at Gallaudet University and currently serves as a full-time faculty member in the ASL and Interpreting Education Department with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in New York. Her main focus is teaching Interpretation courses and advanced American Sign Language courses within the Bachelor's degree program while serving as the Co-chair for the Certification In Deaf Interpreting hybrid courses. She also currently serves as the Chair for the 18th National ASL Conference which is focusing on K-12 Teachers' Education to be hosted at RIT.
As a passionate, animated teacher whose love for expanding students' knowledge through visual and spatial depiction, she often leads workshops to enhance sign language in 5D formats. Between her love of hiking and traveling, making memories with her family brightens her world.
FUN FACT:
After the team initially completed the rough cut of the film, we worked with interpreters from our partner organization The Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness to create an ASL PIP version to screen with Michelle in a small theater in FL so that we could receive her feedback on the film. After watching the film initially, Michelle commented to Atin that he had forgotten many parts of her life story! Atin responded by explaining to Michelle that in an 80 min film, it would not be possible to include her many many life experiences! She understood and is proud of the collaboration on this important film. Michelle hopes that our systems will change to ensure access to interpreters for all Deaf people in interactions with police, courts, and in jails and prisons.
During that visit to share the rough cut of the film with Michelle, she found her foster mom on Facebook and the team filmed the interview which was then edited into the final film. Michelle's foster mom also shared the short VHS clip from Michelle's early childhood, as well as her childhood photos which were included in the final film.
This seed for this film began when Michelle first spotted Kim's seeing eye dog, Effie in prison. The love and connection continue now with all of you.
Thank you for joining the BEING MICHELLE family.
Yours,
The Being Michelle Team
& Thriving Roots Initiative
#RightToCommunication #DeafPlus #LoveWins