PRESS

• Crip Ciné got bigger by Sanni Purhonen (Voima - August 21, 2023)

• Why the 1932 Movie ‘Freaks’ Is a Touchstone for Disability Representation by Nicolas Rapold (New York Times - June 26, 2023)

• The General Audience Talks Back: Code of the Freaks and the Evolution of Hollywood Shaming Documentaries by Slava Greenberg (Film Quarterly - Dec 1, 2022)

• Salome Chasnoff’s CODE OF THE FREAKS (US/Documentary) by Michael Glover Smith (Cine-File - June 3, 2022)

• The Film Show Made by Women starts at its usual appointment in March (Cinema Made by Women - March 16, 2022)

• Review: Code of the Freaks (2020) by Jeffrey Preston (RDS Journal - February 4, 2022)

• San Francisco’s Legacy Film Festival On Aging Moves Online And It’s Surprisingly Relevant For All Ages (Forbes - May 23, 2021)

• 'The code of the different' - premiere in theaters May 21 (Audio Visual 451 - May 21, 2021)

• Premieres of the week: May 21, 2021 (No Es Cine Todo Lo Que Reluce - May 21, 2021)

• Film festival all about aging features ‘Code of the Freaks’ and a Bay Area nonagenarian (Berkeleyside - May 20, 2021)

• Le documentaire du jour: Code of the Freaks (Moustique - May 18, 2021)

• Film Culture: The code of the different (M24h - May 18, 2021)

• “No vull que ens aplaudeixin pensant «Ai, pobrets, quina pena»” (ARA - May 15, 2021)

• Code of the Freaks highlights Hollywood’s ableism (Chicago Reader - May 10, 2021)

• ReelAbilities raises questions of access, stark truths about Denver arts scene (The Denver Post - May 4, 2021)

• The ReelAbilities Film Festival Makes Its Mile High City Debut This Week (5280 DENVER'S MILE HIGH MAGAZINE - May 3, 2021)

• Disabled creators on TikTok show the world it’s time for a different kind of star (ABC News - April 29, 2021)

• Documentary explores how Hollywood portrays disability (The Western North Carolina Guide - March 16, 2021)

• Filmmakers Salome Chasnoff and Susan Nussbaum on 'Code of the Freaks' and the Importance of Watching Movies with a "Piercing Gaze" (Movies DM - March 9, 2021)

• Front Row at the Movies: 'Code of the Freaks' examines disabilities (Key News - February 18, 2021)

• ‘Freaks’ Is the Granddaddy of Disabled Horror, for Better and Worse (IndieWire - October 6, 2020)

• CODE OF THE FREAKS Review—A Long Way to Go (Picture this Post - September 7, 2020)

• Screen Grabs: Fighting disability stereotypes, from Frankenstein to Rain Man (48 Hills - August 10, 2020)

• On DVD: CODE OF THE FREAKS (All Things Documentary - August 4, 2020)

• The Evolution of Disability in Film: After the Accolades, the Work Continues (Independent Lens - July 16, 2020)

• Code of the Freaks (Honesty on the Sly - June 6, 2020)

• Trailer for 'Code of the Freaks' Doc About Disabled Characters in Film (FIRSTSHOWING.NET - May 6, 2020)

• True View Review (April 8, 2020)

• Code of the Freaks reveals the not-so-secret code to disability representation in mainstream cinema (Respect Ability - March 31, 2020)

• ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020 - Louis Proyect, The Unrepentant Marxist ((Newstex Blogs - March 31, 2020)

• ReelAbilities 20: Code of the Freaks (J.B. Spins - March 28, 2020)

• Select Film Festivals and Indie Movies Figure Out Online Access (New York Times — March 25, 2020)

• Never the Same: Conversations About Art Transforming Politics & Community (June 2012)

• Chicago's Chasnoff Wins Leader Honor (Windy City Times - February 10, 2010)

• Salome Chasnoff, Giver of Tools to Be Seen: Ida B. Wells Bravery in Journalism Award Winner (Women’s eNews - December 21, 2009)

• Purpose Prize Fellow (encore.org - 2011)

• Democracy in America: The National Campaign - 5 Questions About Art in Chicago (Creative Time - 2008)

• Interview: Salome Chasnoff | Beyondmedia (Youth Media Reporter - February 14, 2008)

• Salome Chasnoff: Going Beyondmedia (Feministing - February 24, 2007)

• Girls on Film - Playgirl Magazine

• When a Whisper Becomes a Shout (Clamor Magazine - March/April 2005)

• Worldview, WBEZ (NPR Chicago - 2012)

• Students Build Solar Generator for Africa (

• Through Their Eyes (The Chicago Reporter - Septermber 26, 2007)

• Speaking Out From The Inside (fnews magazine - March 20, 2004)

• Opening the Gates to Diversity in Education (Peoria Magazine - January 2010)