William Davenport (born 1960, Evansville, Indiana) is a documentary filmmaker, musician, publisher, writer, teacher and autism activist.
This contributes to the film's other achievement – illustrating how much common ground there is and showing that mutual understanding, whilst it may pose challenges, is far from impossible.
The history of civil rights in America has been marked by the hard-won progress of one category after another of oppressed and marginalized citizens who stand up and demand recognition, respect, and equal access to the benefits of modern society.
Featuring notable figures such as Ari Ne'eman, co-founder and former president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and Landon Bryce, of thAutcast.com, this documentary details what the emerging neurodiversity movement is up against, from the torturous electroshock "treatment" that takes place at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts, to the dehumanizing and alarmist marketing campaigns of fundraising juggernaut Autism Speaks.
Promoting a philosophy of neurological variation as simply another aspect of human diversity, these tireless activists embody the call of the disability rights movement: "Nothing About Us, Without Us.
In 2013, Davenport directed a music video for the band Array, which features Robyn Steward and Mark Tinley, who are both on the autism spectrum.
In 2015 Davenport completed a series of documentary films that explore the world of experimental and noise music titled Unsound Redux.
Artists/groups covered in the past have been Negativland, Glenn Branca, Ellen Zweig, Einsturzende Neubauten, Karen Finley, Boyd Rice (NON), Minimal Man, Sonic Youth, Whitehouse, Psychic TV, and Leslie Thornton.
All cover art was done by different visual artists, some being Jo Babcock, Allan Winkler, Trevor Brown, Didier Cremieux.
[13] The issues also included interviews with Blixa Bargeld of Einsturzende Neubauten, Remko Scha, Michael Gira/Swans, Genesis P-Orridge, John Balance & Peter Christopherson/Coil, Kronos Quartet, an overview of the Los Angeles experimental electronic scene of the time, and much more.
[16] He created soundtracks primarily for the video artist Steve Fagin, "Virtual Play: The Double Direct Monkey Wrench in Black's Machinery" (1984).