Our Digital Selves is scheduled for a full release on May 18th. produced by Draxtor Despres, AKA Bernhard Drax.
The documentary is extremely powerful and follows Tom Boellstorff, UC Irvine and Donna Z. Davis, University of Oregon as they examine how disability manages to find a form of expression via virtual worlds.
A three year research project supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Cultural Anthropology and Science, Technology, and Society) ,the University of California, Irvine; the University of Oregon; and the National Science Foundation.
This is a beautiful, powerful documentary, I advise you to have a tissue and a smile handy when you watch it. The documentary follows people of various disabilities as they engage with virtual worlds and tell a story of how important accessibility and inclusivity is in the digital age.
To get you in the mood I’m going to embed a few videos below the cut, if you’re already below the cut, the videos are below this line!