Why Deaf Way Film Festival Is so Important to Me as a Deaf Person
What does it mean to be part of a marginalized group that is rarely seen in the mainstream film industry? How does it feel to be yearning to see someone…
What does it mean to be part of a marginalized group that is rarely seen in the mainstream film industry? How does it feel to be yearning to see someone…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
One of the most common questions we are asked is whether it will be better for a production to hire a writer or a consultant that is disabled. Ultimately, the…
I am not the type of person to say that anyone is a visionary filmmaker. First, what does that even mean? It’s like being the voice of a generation. Basically…
CN: Please note that there are spoilers for the live action Avatar the Last Airbender series as well as the animated series it is based upon. Read with caution. I’ve…
For the last two decades we’ve been watching, writing about, and discussing disability representation in some form or fashion. Six years ago we actively started documenting what we were watching…