Check out this opening statement by Cathy Kudlick, Director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, host of Superfest! This opening statement has open captions and audio description. For an ASL translation, select the next video. Please double check which film screening you are accessing - this is found at the top of your screen. There is one version with audio description and one without. To access the screening with audio description, <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/superfest/play/613926c24c8923002939ddb5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">visit this link</a>. To access the screening without it, <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/superfest/play/6139211b7afeba006cbb8c89" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">visit this link</a>.

Superfest Opening Statement

This is an ASL translation of Cathy Kudlick's opening statement. For the statement itself, visit the "film" before this.

Superfest Opening Statement - American Sign Language

The film Sign Night was selected for the 2021 juror's choice award, praised for its timely response to communication isolation for the Deaf community during the pandemic and the twist of fantasy it brings. Check out this panel for a behind the scenes look at how the film got made with the director and lead actor. Featuring: "Sign Night" director Cathy Mager, star Vilma Jackson, and moderated by aspiring deaf filmmaker Topher González Ávila.

A Behind the Scenes Look at 'Sign Night' and Deaf filmmaking during COVID-19

Superfest not only seeks to provide audio description so that blind and low vision attendees can participate, but also seeks to go beyond compliance and celebrate films that demonstrate what access can add to the art of cinema. Don't miss your chance to dive in deep with these experienced audio description filmmakers, whose films all demonstrate that access can enhance a film's creativity. Speakers: Nathan Geering (Still a Slave), Amelia Zhou (Flight Paths), and Alison Myers (Lobster). Moderated by: Thomas Reid

The Art of Cinema Audio Description: Beyond Compliance

Superfest Community ConversationOct 17, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)&nbsp;<a href="https://sfsu.zoom.us/j/83418729759?pwd=RWc3ZE9rNHhvcVlYZWRWWmJ2NTJiQT09" target="_blank">Join Zoom Meeting via this link.</a>&nbsp;Meeting ID: 834 1872 9759Passcode: SF35One tap mobile+16699006833,,83418729759# US (San Jose)+13462487799,,83418729759# US (Houston)&nbsp;Dial by your location&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)Meeting ID: 834 1872 9759Find your local number: https://sfsu.zoom.us/u/k088MvZMi

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