News Summary

• The inaugural Easterseals Disability Arts & Culture Awards celebrated its first competitive class of winners Saturday.
• Hosted by comedian and cerebral palsy advocate Tina Friml, the ceremony took place at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
• Among the evening's winners were PBS docuseries Renegades and HBO’s The Pitt, while Facts of Life star Geri Jewell received the inaugural DARCYS Legacy Award and Vincent Rutley took home the Christopher Reeve Emerging Talent Award.
• “What we have been fighting for, for 42 years, is access and representation and pushing for the entire ecosystem to understand the value of what we bring,” said Film Independent President Juan Devis.