TPP 308: Joyfully Parenting & Experiencing Gifted and 2e Children, with Marc Smolowitz
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of The G Word documentary and its equity question?
That's a huge part of what the film tries to be about is this conversation about how identity and giftedness or identity and intelligence intersect and are really kind of part and parcel of the same set of stories. Our giftedness, our intelligence is always interacting with our lived experience, who we are. So all the identities that we wear every day, right? And this question of identity has become so so highly charged in the education system in the last number of years. And even the whole concept of equity, which has been sort of the driving force of this film, is being called into question in, you know, school districts everywhere.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber. For today's episode, I'm bringing multi-award-winning director, producer, and executive film producer Mark Smolowitz back to the podcast. I can't believe it was four years ago that Mark first came onto the show to talk about a movie he was working on called The G Word, which is a feature-length documentary about giftedness that asks the urgent equity question: In the 21st century, who gets to be gifted in America? And why? Mark is currently working on the post-production for the film, so I wanted to invite him back to talk about what's changed in the gifted community since we last talked.
And by airing this episode this week, Tilt Parenting is happy to be celebrating the second annual Gifted Talented Neurodiversity Awareness Week. The theme for this year's Awareness Week is gifted joy. And I just love the idea of connecting the concept of joy and empowerment to the conversation surrounding giftedness. But before we dive in, here is a little bit more about Mark. Mark Smolowitz is a multi-award-winning director, producer, and executive producer who has been significantly involved in more than 50 independent films. In 2009, he founded 13th Gen, a San Francisco-based company that works with the dynamic range of independent film partners globally. His films have been screened at the world's top tier festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Venice, Tribeca, Chicago, Palm Springs, and many more.
And again, since this episode is airing during twenty twenty two's Gifted Talented Neurodiverse Awareness Week, Definitely go check out all the free resources and programming that's happening right now. You can find it all at the Gwordfilm dot com. And as always, there will be links to this in the show notes page for this episode. Thanks so much and now here is my conversation with Mark. Hey Mark, welcome back to the podcast.
Great to see you again, Debbie. I'm so happy to be here.
Yes, I'm looking forward to getting an update to talking about the G word and giftedness and there's a lot to get into today. But As we were just discussing before I hit record It's been over four years, I think, since you were on the show to talk about your documentary that you've been working on, the G word. So could you just take a few minutes and introduce yourself and your own words and what you do in the world?
Sure. So I am Mark Smolowitz and I'm an independent filmmaker based in San Francisco. I've been making movies in some way for 30 years. I'm lucky every day to wake up and do the job that I love. I work entirely for myself. So at the end of the day, I'm both also a filmmaker and an entrepreneur who is sort of the engine of a lot of different projects here. I'm a director, producer, and executive producer. I do both nonfiction and fiction. And I'm making a movie called The G Word about giftedness, intelligence, and neurodiversity. And we are asking a larger question, which is who gets to be gifted in America and why? And this is my second time appearing on your podcast to talk about it.
So it was four years ago you were on the podcast. We talked about the G word. So we won't spend a ton of time on that. I do encourage listeners to go back and check out that interview. It was a really great conversation.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of The G Word documentary and its equity question?
0:00–4:53
2
How has the conversation around giftedness and neurodivergence changed in the last four years?
4:53–9:31
3
Why is it important to include neurodivergence in discussions about gifted and talented populations?
9:31–14:25
4
How does the film use stories of trauma and empowerment to highlight gifted experiences?
14:25–19:40
5
What role does joy play in Gifted/Talented/Neurodiversity Awareness Week?
19:40–23:44
6
How can parents and educators celebrate gifted joy during GTN Awareness Week?
23:44–28:41
7
What resources and community initiatives support gifted, twice‑exceptional, and neurodiverse learners?
28:41–33:51
8
When will The G Word documentary be completed and how can listeners stay involved?
33:51–38:18
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