Nicknames can be fun, but name-calling is often downright mean. Joshua Cintrón, a photographer out of Brooklyn, N.Y., goes head to head with Jennie to compare the best, worst, and ugliest things they’ve been called just for lacking pigment.
Host description:
Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks.
About Low Vision Moments:
Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
sighted.
Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
About AMI
AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
representation and portrayal.
Learn more at AMI.ca
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