Description:
Diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis, the filmmaker decides to turn the camera
towards himself and film his journey.
Biography: Jason
DaSilva has been a prolific filmmaker for the past ten years. He
has directed four short films (Olivia’s Puzzle, A Song
for Daniel, Twins of Mankala, and First Steps) and
two feature-length documentary films (Lest we Forget and When
I Walk). Many of his films have won awards; Olivia’s Puzzle premiered at the 2003 Sundance Festival and qualified for an Academy
Award. Three of his films have had national broadcasts on PBS, HBO,
and CBS. He also produced Shocking and Awful, a film
installation on the anti-Iraq war movement, exhibited at the 2006
Whitney Biennial. Each one of these works advanced Jason’s
objective to give voice to those on the periphery of society. In 2006
Jason took a short break from filmmaking to earn his MFA in applied
media arts from Emily Carr University. He recently produced and
directed an Op-Doc (opinion documentary) for the New York Times called The Long Wait, published in January 2013. DaSilva’s
latest film, When I Walk, was an Official Selection of the
2013 Sundance Film Festival.
