{"id":6510,"date":"2021-02-04T13:11:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6510"},"modified":"2021-02-21T02:50:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T08:50:04","slug":"telling-stories-visually-meet-legally-blind-filmmaker-and-youtube-creator-juan-alcazar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6510","title":{"rendered":"Telling Stories Visually: Meet Legally Blind Filmmaker and YouTube Creator Juan Alcazar"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2220\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6510-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=6556\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Juan Alcazar is a Film Maker and YouTube Creator and you can find his work on YouTube at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnlgM0Fj5403RwBbaWiax6w\">JC5Productions<\/a>. Juan joined&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/knownasjeff\">Jeff Thompson<\/a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">Blind Abilities<\/a>&nbsp;Studio to talk about his journey with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nei.nih.gov\/learn-about-eye-health\/eye-conditions-and-diseases\/retinitis-pigmentosa\">Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)<\/a>&nbsp;and his passion for making films and videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storytelling is something Juan took to at a young age and he continues his passion as he embraces his sight loss and the blindness community he found once he stopped denying his loss of vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really enjoyed meeting Juan as I have followed his work over the years and known him through the social media networks and this was our first time really meeting up. Juan has a genuine kind personality of which you will hear as he talks about his collabs, community and passions for storytelling. Be sure to visit his social media links below and enjoy his very descriptive video and film creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check out Juan\u2019s creative works on his YouTube Channel at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnlgM0Fj5403RwBbaWiax6w\">JC5Productions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Juan on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jc12209\">@JC12209<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;and stay up to date with all the latest from Juan on his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jc5productions\/\">Facebook page at JC5Productions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Your State Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2222\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6510-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/JuanAlcazar.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary: Juan Alcazar is a Film Maker and YouTube Creator and you can find his work on YouTube at&nbsp;JC5Productions. Juan joined&nbsp;Jeff Thompson&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Blind Abilities&nbsp;Studio to talk about his journey with&nbsp;Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)&nbsp;and his passion for making films and videos. Storytelling is something Juan took to at a young age and he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,514,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-transcribed","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Photo-of-Juan-Alcazar-e1612463586149.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1H0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6612,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6612","url_meta":{"origin":6510,"position":0},"title":"Easterseal Disability Film Challenge Creatives Talk about the Experience, Challenge and Disability in Films","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"April 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Show Summary: Bree Klauser, Spencer Frankeberger, Juan Alcazar and Jeff Thompson got together in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the Easterseal Disability Film Challenge that they participated in and want you to check out their films and \u201clike\u201d them as the Awareness campaign is ending soon.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BlindAbilities Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BlindAbilities Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlindAbilities Logo A black square with white initials, B A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2340,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2340","url_meta":{"origin":6510,"position":1},"title":"Michael Schwartz: The Wandering Film Maker &#8211; Talking the Intersection of Camera and Cane","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"January 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Pete and Jeff talk to Michael Schwartz about passions, regaining the skills and confidence to keep the passion alive and making the blindness issue just an inconvenience. 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