Jade Bryan is a disability activist and filmmaker. She graduated with a BFA degree in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Bryan founded DeafVision Filmworks, Inc. and Jade Films and Entertainment, LLC, and has produced and directed such award-winning documentaries as "Listen to the Hands of Our People", "On and Off Stage: The Bruce Hlibok Stories", "9/11 Fear in Silence: The Forgotten Underdogs" and "Reaching Zenith: A Black Deaf Filmmaker's Journey."