Making Movies Accessible for Everyone

For the first time, people who are deaf or hard of hearing will be able to enjoy the Nairobi leg of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, opening on October 15. Rehad Desai’s documentary Everything Must Fall, a deep-dive into South Africa’s student activist movement, will open the festival. The film will have open captions, meaning written dialog and descriptions of sound effects will appear onscreen. The screening venue, Alliance Française de Nairobi, is wheelchair accessible, and there will be a sign language interpreter for the panel discussion following the screening. The four additional films…

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