Crip Video Productions
Independent films by Margot Cole
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[A young women with a pink vest and brownish blonde hair in glasses looks into the camera]

Margot Cole is the founder of Crip Video Productions and has written and directed all of the films. She holds a Liberal Arts AA degree. As an actor she has performed with "Eldorado Children's Theater", "Umbrella Theater at Teatro Paraguas" (formerly "Southwest Children's Theater"), "TaDa Youth Theater" and "Keen Teens 2012". She was an understudy in "She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms" online with Ad Astra theater and & Sons Theater in 2020. She performed online with Teatro Paraguas theater in "Home For The Holidays: Con Amor Y Gozo" in December 2020. As a writer she won the "A Playwright Grows In Brooklyn" playwriting contest of 2009 at "BrooklynOne Theater". She is a member of "DISLABELED Film Series" https://dislabeledfilm.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DislabeledPhilly (formerly "DISLABELEDtv Productions"). She has done volunteer work with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is featured in the full length documentary "Enter The Faun" http://www.enterthefaun.com/ created by Tamar Rogoff Performance Projects which is centered around actor/dancer Gregg Mozgala, bodywork, and Cerebral Palsy. She has known and worked with Gregg Mozgala since 2008. Margot has a mild form of Spastic Diplegia, Cerebral Palsy. Margot is Vice President of Umbrella Children's Theater.

Dylan Rothbein (Audio engineer, Audio describer, Producer)

Dylan Rothbein is a former selective mute, having spoken to almost no one for five years, and identifies as both Aspergers, dyslexic and physically disabled. Dylan was also diagnosed with male to female gender dysphoria. Dylan is a proud alumni of the residential treatment centers Andress Children's Center and Summit Nyack. Dylan has been playing guitar, and writing songs for many years. Dylan has a certificate in audio engineering and music production from Recording Connection Audio Institute and a certificate in writing, directing, and producing films from Film Connection Film Institute. Dylan has a History degree from SUNY Empire State college. Dylan has been doing public speaking for years to raise acceptance of disability. Dylan is a Rabbinical student.

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Many of the characters in our films have Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy (often shortened to "CP") is a brain injury that happens before, during, or shortly after birth. It can be caused by lack of oxygen to the brain or conditions such as a fetal brain hemorrhage, which is similar to a stroke, but in most cases the reason for the brain damage is unknown. Cerebral Palsy affects the motor areas of the brain in a vast amount of ways depending on where the damage in the brain occurs. It usually causes the muscles to be too tight (spastic) or too loose because the brain signals are constantly being misfired throughout the person's entire life. The misfiring can lead to issues with balancing, coordination, speech, proprioception, body alignment, and even a life long retaining of certain infant reflexes such as the Moro Reflex. The Moro Reflex is the startle reflex in babies and usually disappears when the baby is under 6 months of age but people with CP can have it as children and adults. It is essentially a built in pre programed fear of falling. CP can affect one side of the body (called hemiplegia) or both sides of the body. Every case of Cerebral Palsy is unique and can range from being so mild that it is almost unnoticeable to being so severe that the person uses a wheelchair full time. Most people with Cerebral Palsy in media are portrayed as having the more severe types so we at Crip Video Productions are interested in raising awareness of the experiences of those with more mild to moderate cases of CP.

Please note: While Crip Video Productions welcomes people with many types of impairments, and would love to work with/cast people who have very severe mental or emotional, and intellectual disabilities, we are simply not set up to accommodate them fully at this time and are working hard to remedy the situation. We sincerely apologize. We mainly cast and work with people who have a variety of physical impairments.

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