12/24/2022 0 Comments Movie coda![]() ![]() PHOTOGRAPHED BY Jai LennardĬODA, which stands for Children of Deaf Adults, follows the Rossis, a blue-collar fishing family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, as their hearing daughter (played by Emilia Jones), who also acts as the family interpreter, is considering college. And I sound like I’m complaining, but that’s why I’ve always been interested in collaborating, creating and coming up with ideas,” says Matlin, about her career. “I can’t really be as choosy as other actors who can hear. “We’re talking about a new generation of viewers.” “To have a hearing actor put on a deaf character as if it was a costume, I think we’ve moved beyond that point now,” says Matlin. 13, is primed to become a new cornerstone in what is shaping up to be a watershed moment in disability representation in Hollywood. Buoyed by its $25 million record-breaking Sundance sale, CODA, out Aug. This month will see the release of CODA, which is fronted by three deaf actors: Matlin, Troy Kotsur and newcomer Daniel Durant. More than 30 years after Children of a Lesser God (the movie that won Matlin an Oscar, making her the first, and still only, deaf actor to do so), the entertainment industry is placing a major emphasis on inclusion, with deaf and disabled talent pushing - alongside activist groups meeting with studios, streamers and networks - to ensure that they do not get lost in larger diversity conversations. Put another way: “I only saw half of the movie. “It deprives us of being able to access the story just like anybody else,” she says. Now, Matlin was missing out on Queen’s “Stone Cold Crazy” playing over a car chase with Cruella’s Panther De Ville. In 2016, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount and Sony beat a class-action lawsuit in California brought against them by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, which alleged various laws were violated in the studios’ refusal to provide captioning or subtitling of song lyrics in feature films. ![]() 'CODA' Director Sian Heder to Helm 'Impossible' Adaptation ![]()
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