Julie Wyman, Celebrating Diverse Bodies in Media with Her "Untitled Dwarfism Project'
Art Heals All Wounds
02/16/22
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Today, I’m joined by documentary filmmaker and a professor of filmmaking at UC Davis, Julie Wyman. Julie’s work aims to challenge and expand our culture's narrow range of represented bodies, and her latest project is no different. As an adult, Julie was diagnosed with a form of dwarfism called Hypochondroplasia. Her diagnosis was part of the inspiration behind the documentary she’s currently working on, and on today’s episode, we discuss her vision for the film and some of the highlights and challenges that it’s presenting.
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Topics Covered:
● What drew Julie to the art of documentary filmmaking
● Identifying as a little person and person with a disability
● Her feelings about her diagnosis
● Performance and narrative filming elements that she plans to include in her documentary
● Turning the camera around and including herself in her film
● Finding the balance between sharing her story and highlighting a community
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Sarah Davis, a learning experience designer, lost her father to cancer in 2016. Her experience of grief left her feeling isolated and unbalanced. She had difficulty sharing this experience, mostly because there were so few examples of how to share and navigate the grieving process. She started the podcast Breathing Wind as a space to share and create community for those grieving the loss of a parent. This podcast normalizes sharing loss and grieving.
In Season 2, Breathing Wind focuses on the healing process. Sarah continues to explore parts of the adult journey, such as caregiving to a parent.
Season 3 of Breathing Wind will be about joy, an essential part of the healing process. You can find Episode 1 from Season 3 here. If you find yourself navigating the journey of grief, you are warmly invited to join the community of Breathing Wind.
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· Her interview with Laura Davis about her book The Burning Light of Two Stars, details the challenges of care-giving to an elderly parent with a shared difficult past.
· First episode with Benjamin Gunning.
· Young Women Social Entrepreneurs
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In part two of my conversation with documentary filmmaker and professor Julie Wyman, we discuss the broader questions that her documentary raises. Julie talks about the implications that the growth medication Voxzogo has on the future of dwarfism, the complex feelings she has around changing her body, and connection through shared experiences. I also open up about the challenging dilemmas that I’ve faced as a person with a genetic disease that I unknowingly passed on to my daughter.
Topics Covered:
● What Julie means when she says the future of dwarfism is ‘uncertain’
● The questions that choosing a treatment plan for your child raises
● Powerful moments and conversations from filming
● Why it matters when people make collective decisions
● Looking at medical conditions through a different lense
● Creating a more flexible and accepting world
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