Artists
Dual Power has a production team and an artist team. It’s a small but growing group of creatives who are working to produce fantastic projects.
basil shadid | owner, producer
Basil was the Post-Coordinator on the Academy Award nominated documentary Iraq In Fragments. He has been working in film since 2003. Based in Seattle, Washington, Basil works internationally. Previous projects have taken him through Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and South America. He has also traveled thousands of miles on freight trains throughout the US. His Masters in Mental Health Counseling, background in popular education, yearning for adventure, and years of experience in production give him a unique perspective on story.
billie rain | owner, producer, director
billie is a disabled writer, activist and filmmaker. years of chronic illness and a rare tumor condition have given hir an amazing sense of groundedness, connection and self-advocacy that fuel hir passion to bring truth, in all it’s pain and glory, to audiences everywhere.
maximillian davis | director
Max began his work in collaborative arts as a performer and facilitator for Project Outreach for Secondary School Education at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He went on to study theatre at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Upon graduating, he became a starting member of Ripple Productions, originating the roles of Marty in Innocent When You Dream (Backstage 2004 off-broadway production of the year), Bes in The Wheat and the Moon, and Kenji in Sweet Pushes, Tangy Pulls. In Seattle, Max has performed for the Intiman Theatre’s Living History program, collaborated for two years with local performance group Circus Contraption, and was the lead actor in the feature film, ‘heart breaks open’.
susan abod | director
Before she became ill, Susan was a professional singer, songwriter, recording artist, teacher and performer. Susan has been documenting CFIDS and MCS for close to two decades. Her first film, Funny, You Don’t Look Sick: An Autobiography of an Illness (1995, Cinema Guild) painted an intimate portrait of her struggle to live with these debilitating conditions. Funny You Don’t Look Sick premiered at the Museum of Fine Arts in 1995, and was a Merit Award winner at the 2005 SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival. It has been screened internationally and can be found in doctor’s and lawyer’s offices, university and public libraries, medical classrooms, centers for independent living, support groups and in peoples’ homes all over the world. It is now being distributed by the Cinema Guild of New York.
