Michael R.

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MICHAEL PARKS RANDA IS A FILM DIRECTOR AND DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE BASED IN LOS ANGELES. RAISED ON A FARM WHERE HIS PARENTS RAN A SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RANDA GREW UP WITH A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION. COMBINING A DECADE OF DIRECTING MUSIC VIDEOS AND COMMERCIALS WITH HIS UNIQUE UPBRINGING, RANDA’S GROUNDBREAKING FEATURE DEBUT ‘BEST SUMMER EVER‘ ARRIVED IN 2021, FEATURING A MAJORITY CAST AND CREW OF DISABLED TALENT. THE INCLUSIVE FILM WON THE 2020 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL JURY PRIZE FOR SCREENWRITING AND BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS PICK. EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL, TED DANSON, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, MARY STEENBURGEN, PETER SARSGAARD AND AMY BRENNEMAN. RANDA RETURNED TO SXSW IN 2022 WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘WHAT’S DONE IS DONE’, AN INCLUSIVE MUSIC VIDEO FOR DELTA SPIRIT. STARRING ZACK GOTTSAGEN (‘THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON’) AND JAMIE BREWER (‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY’), TWO ACCLAIMED ACTORS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, THE VIDEO WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSION IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. RANDA IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT ON THE UPCOMING BIOPIC ‘THE DIGNITY OF RESISTANCE.’

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