THE GUARDIAN – Reunion review – this excellent British Sign Language thriller is an absolute revelation The performances – including that of Rose Ayling-Ellis – are outstanding, while the way it switches between spoken and signed language is utterly seamless…Read more at https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/07/reunion-review-this-excellent-british-sign-language-thriller-is-an-absolute-revelation
MOVIE WEB – As diversity and inclusion becomes an ever-increasing topic in Hollywood, production has begun on what’s being dubbed “the world’s first deaf thriller.” Filming on Retreat is now underway, which has set Tim Evans to direct. It’s his first feature film, but Evans (who himself is hearing impaired) is no stranger to the […]
THE LIMPING CHICHEN – Making the Alternative MacTaggart speech at the UK’s leading TV festival, Ayling-Ellis explained the countless barriers she has faced in her career, describing “a lonely, upsetting journey.” Ayling-Ellis explained how she had felt “torn” when scripts had been written for her without input from deaf writers, leading her to play “a […]
A group of deaf film-makers say they are “increasingly dismayed” by a charity’s failure to ensure it is run by users of British Sign Language (BSL), even though it spends about £2 million every year commissioning television programmes in BSL…Read more at: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/increasing-dismay-of-deaf-film-makers-over-control-of-bsl-broadcasting-trust/
I recently landed myself on a mainstream film set for the first time in a long while and I was prepared for the usual. Getting left out, falling behind, not understanding much and generally feeling kind of useless. This was all totally for no reason… Read More at: the Limping Chicken https://limpingchicken.com/2019/03/15/23398/
HARPER’S BAZAAR – It’s been a life-changing year for former Hollyoaks star Rachel Shenton. In 2018, the actor and writer won an Academy Award for her powerful short live film The Silent Child, helping to generate awareness and an understanding of deafness…Read more at https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a26793031/oscar-winner-rachel-shenton-after-hollyoaks/
THE GUARDIAN Sally Hawkins shines as a mute woman in Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar hopeful The Shape of Water. But imagine if cinema actually opened up to film-makers with… Read more at https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/09/let-disabled-actors-and-directors-make-their-own-films-shape-of-water
I imagine you’ve forgotten about the woman who approached you just before Christmas, when you went to the cinema to see the latest film of the Star Wars saga; Rogue One. Just after you’d been grumpy at the man checking…Read more at http://limpingchicken.com/2017/01/10/bryony-parkes-an-open-letter-to-the-hearing-man-who-complained-about-subtitles-at-the-cinema/