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US cinema access now includes autism needs

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GMC cinemas in the US now run special screenings for children with autism. The screenings have the sound turned down and the lights on and allow the audience to do whatever they like. The original concept came from the frustration of a mother with an autistic daughter who was thrown out for dancing in the aisles during a screening of Hairspray.

The movies screen once a month, usually at a 10am screening, and allow people to bring in their own food to meet dietary needs. Over 90 AMC cinemas nationwide participate in the program. 

For more information, see the Walletpop website.

 

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Spanish film festival in Melbourne shows captioned movies

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The La Mirada Film Festival is presenting captioned screenings for two movies in its festival at Federation Square in Melbourne. The program is guest curated by legendary Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar. 

The first captioned screening is on Monday 5 April at 5.30pm, and is the 1962 comedy Robbery at 3 O’clock (Atraco a las Tres). The second is the closing night screening of The Swindlers (Los Tramposos) at 6.30pm on Sunday 11 April. This includes the closing night party. The movie was made in 1959 and again is a comedy. 

For more information and bookings, see the La Mirada website

 

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Blind Citizens Australia ramps up cinema access campaign

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Peak blind and vision impaired consumer organisation Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has turned up the volume on its push to expand the number of cinemas in Australia offering audio description (AD) services. 

In a twofold campaign, BCA members have lodged 6 Disability Discrimination Act complaints with the Australian Human Rights Commission against the four major cinema chains (Hoyts, Village, Greater Union, Birch Carroll & Coyle) for not providing AD services.

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NCAM's guide to digital cinema access

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Major American access organisation, the National Center for Accessible Media (part of WGBH), has posted a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guide covering digital cinema and access.  Whilst NCAM is the creator and distributor of the Rear Window closed captioning system, the FAQ covers all of the caption and audio description play options.   

One of the main points made is that captions are provided in both open and closed form for digital cinema and also work with new technology such as 3D cinema.  For the full range of information you can access the FAQ by visiting the National Center for Accessible Media website

 

 

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