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'Making Sense' Tells Stories Of Characters With Disabilities, Played By Actors With Disabilities

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Filming 'Making Sense.'

Two Idaho filmmakers sought to make a film that bridges the divide between the way people with disabilities are portrayed in film and who they are in real life. Gregory Bayne and Doug Cole created Making Sensea film that moves actors with disabilities into starring roles. We talk with Bayne about this film and using the senses to explore the fears and triumphs that go with living with a disability.

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