Marlee Matlin’s story is iconic and incredibly important for the industry.
Marlee Matlin: It’s been a long time.
And making noise, really from day one, is how I approach it.
And most times, people have been listening too.
But I think today, people are more aware of the issue of accessibility.
I think that people are just more clued in.
The topic of filmmaking is not just singular anymore.
I think that is the biggest shift.
I think now, here on the red carpet, we have Marlee, we have Shoshannah.
We have friends who are actually here in town promoting his documentary, as well as other filmmakers.
There’s power in numbers, and I think we have that opportunity to share our experience and information.
What are the best practices?
And I think that’s the biggest change that has happened.
We can’t do that.
And I made sure to find people.
We call ourselves the Avengers.
And everyone saw it as well as an opportunity.
And it was just magical.
I’m proud of it.
That the playing field was super level.
I needed interpreters to tell me what was going on.
And so we all benefit from accessibility in the world.
It was a very different editing approach than I was used to.
So, we have a lot of split screens in the film.
It’s a great crutch.
American Masters approached me and said, ‘Do you want to do the show?’
So I think it was good and it was just the perfect time for Shoshannah to put this together.
Robyn Kopp: Oh my gosh.
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