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    The Importance of “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” Documentary as a Deaf Person

    Hush, the Movie That Hearing People Think Is Great Deaf Cinema

    Deaf President Now! Documentary Review

    The Importance of “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” Documentary as a Deaf Person

    RikkiPoynterSeptember 10, 2025015 views

    Marlee Matlin’s Not Alone Anymore is a documentary focused on her life, an important project that arose due to mainstream society’s refusal to support or create authentic Deaf stories. This…

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    Hush, the Movie That Hearing People Think Is Great Deaf Cinema

    RikkiPoynterJune 16, 20250192 views

    Hush is a 2016 horror movie written and directed by Mike Flanagan and stars his wife, Kate Siegel, who is also a co-writer.  Kate plays a woman named Maddie Young,…

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    Deaf President Now! Documentary Review

    RikkiPoynterJune 6, 20250214 views

    Deaf President Now! is a new documentary on Apple+ TV, directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim.  The documentary showcases what happened in the true events of the civil rights…

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    The “Code of Silence” and the “Expert Deaf Lip Reader” Stereotype

    RikkiPoynterApril 7, 20250507 views

    Code of Silence is England’s newest up-and-coming crime drama starring Rose Ayling-Ellis, who you might recognize as the first deaf contestant in BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. The synopsis is described…

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    Good American Family, Where the Disabled Child Is Framed As the Villain.

    RikkiPoynterMarch 17, 20250430 views

    Good American Family is an upcoming Hulu miniseries about the true story of Natalia Grace, a little girl from Ukraine who has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare form of dwarfism,…

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    Tracker’s Bobby Exley Being an Ordinary Disabled Person Is Appreciated

    RikkiPoynterFebruary 26, 20250518 views

    Tracker is an action-drama show based on the novel The Never Game by Jeffrey Deaver and currently airing its second season. It stars Justin Hartley, who you may know as…

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    The Deaf Community Shouldn’t Feel Forced To Only Make Their Own Media

    RikkiPoynterFebruary 18, 20250356 views

    Image Description: Gradient blue background. Text says, “It’s important for the Deaf community to make their own media… but we shouldn’t feel forced to do only that.” Images of 9…

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    Nondisabled People Should Not Lead Discussions on Ableism

    EditorJune 12, 20240901 views

    No, nondisabled people, you should not be leading the discussion about whether something in the theatre is ableist or not. FULL STOP. I have a pet peeve. It’s one I’ve…

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    Hollywood Promotes the Idea it is Better to be Dead than Disabled

    EditorMarch 5, 202401.3K views

    This article was originally written and posted by Dom Evans on their website on February 11, 2016. Few films make me as upset as The Sea Inside. It has been years…

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    A Question on Representation on TV

    EditorMarch 3, 202401.2K views

    What is the greatest thing some people misunderstand about representation on television for disability? When you’re trying to improve the representation landscape  in media you get a lot of naysayers.…

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