Netflix and Sign Language: A Look at Key Projects by DMDb – April 3, 2026 Netflix has increasingly showcased content that highlights Deaf culture, sign language, and authentic representation by Deaf actors. From real‑life stories to scripted drama, these projects offer visibility and nuance rarely seen on global streaming platforms. 🎓 Deaf U (2020) […]
INDIEWIRE – Founder Emilio Insolera hopes to help platform deaf talent and create a space for community to grow. Though Hollywood is often praised as a place where everyone’s story has a shot at making it on the big screen, the reality is that.. Read more at Indiewire
VARIETY – In her documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” the star continues to explore the at times lonesome space she has occupied since bursting on the scene in 1986: that of being a representative for deaf people, and being – Read more at https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/marlee-matlin-not-alone-anymore-review-sundance-1236284175/
Sundance Film Festival to premiere Marlee Matlin and DPN documentaries…Watch The Video
APPLE TV+ PRESS – Academy Award nominee Nyle DiMarco produces and co-directs alongside Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim Today, Apple Original Films announced the groundbreaking new documentary film “Deaf President Now!” featuring the landmark Gallaudet University protests. The film hails from..Read more at https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/12/apple-original-films-announces-groundbreaking-new-documentary-film-deaf-president-now-featuring-the-historic-gallaudet-university-protests/
TEXAS HIGHWAYS – A new film premiering at the Austin Film Festival chronicles one man’s dream of becoming a professional Deaf Santa Claus The first time Charles Graves tried on a Santa suit, a magical feeling came over him. “I felt it flowing through me,” he says. “A tingle throughout my entire body.” With or […]
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – He is the first deaf male and the second deaf actor to earn an Academy Award for acting. Troy Kotsur has made history by winning the best supporting actor Oscar and becoming the first deaf male, and the second deaf actor, to earn an Academy Award for acting. Kotsur won for […]
PEOPLE – On Sunday, the 53-year-old star won best supporting actor at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards for his performance in CODA. He beat out Jamie Dornan (Belfast), Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Jared Leto (House of Gucci), J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog). “I can’t believe it that this […]
CNN — As a seemingly gruff, disarmingly loving deaf fisherman, Troy Kotsur nearly runs away with the coming-of-age film “CODA.” And with his latest nomination for his performance – this one from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards – he’s made history. Kotsur, who Wednesday morning was nominated for best supporting actor at the SAG […]
COMING SOON – Emilio Insolera (Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes) has joined the much-hyped spy thriller 355 from star/producer Jessica Chastain…Read more at: https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1101359-actor-emilio-insolera-joins-jessica-chastains-355#kE3RvFPTL00dB8ap.99
INDIEWIRE – Model and activist Nyle DiMarco took to social media to criticize the deaf storyline in Netflix’s latest teen rom-com Sierra Burgess Is a Loser,” the new Netflix rom-com starring “Stranger Things” breakout Shannon Purser and Noah Centineo, is facing backlash over a storyline featuring the titular character pretending to be deaf…Read more at […]