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As part of the ALL ARTS Artist in Residence, the film SOUL(SIGNS) explores the intersection of ASL, music, and film.
Not Alone Anymore, a documentary on trailblazing Deaf Oscar winner Marlee Matlin that premiered at this year’a Sundance Film ...
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I was talking about Matty with our sign language consultant, Duffy, who said that seeing Matty, a deaf actor, as number one on the call sheet gave him goosebumps. Matty is carrying the whole thing ...
What’s groundbreaking is that Reunion was filmed with a deaf and a hearing crew. The show, filmed in Yorkshire, follows Daniel Brennan, played by sign language actor Matthew Gurney, who was ...
“and more than one deaf actor.” Marsan also lauded Mager’s “great script” and Warp as a great production firm he has worked with over the years, along with the fact that the show doesn ...
Reunion star Matthew Gurney has called for TV shows to normalise casting deaf actors as he said that viewers were missing out on the beauty of sign language. Gurney, who is deaf and performs his role ...
‘[At one point] I was threatened with something in my eye. Rarely as deaf actors do we get the opportunity for doing combat. Most deaf people are on Casualty or Holby City as victims in a bed ...
"He's a very different character than we've seen before," says the actor, explaining what drew him to the character of Brennan. "Normally deaf people are portrayed as pitiful characters - as ...
"So many people will look at that magazine and be able to relate." Miss Harris was born deaf and had two hearing aids but she said she mostly relied on lip reading. She explained that growing up ...
A deaf woman has featured in British Vogue, modelling designer hearing aid covers. Imy Harris, 22, from Cheltenham, was featured in the February edition of the world-famous fashion magazine ...
People who are deaf and blind face significant barriers when it comes to accessing medicines, according to a new report. Experts warned there are “serious gaps and deficiencies” in the way ...