In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, the museum recently began rolling out audio and written image descriptions, written and produced by SADC, for every artwork in their collection. The project of describing the whole collection is expected to be complete in 2025. For those itching to read or… Continue reading Anderson Collection at Stanford University
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Renegades: Disabled Icons in October on PBS
SADC produced Audio Description for a new digital series of five documentary short films showcasing the lives and cultural contributions of little-known historical figures with disabilities called Renegades. In April, 2025, the series won a Webby Award for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (Series or Channel). Hosted by award-winning musician and disability rights champion Lachi,… Continue reading Renegades: Disabled Icons in October on PBS
The Last Jews of Guantánamo
Los Últimos Judíos de Guantánamo (The Last Jews of Guantánamo) provides a glimpse of a tiny community at a unique moment for Jews in Cuba. In the city of Guantánamo, following the liberalization of Cuban policies against religion, two women in their 80s are finally to be bat mitzvah; to ritually proclaim their faith and… Continue reading The Last Jews of Guantánamo
After the Bomb
After the Bomb focuses on two women permanently disabled as adults by violence in Northern Ireland in the period known as the Troubles. It tells the story of their ultimately successful campaign along with others to secure substantive government assistance to people injured like themselves. At the same time, the film documents the unique support… Continue reading After the Bomb
“Nothing Without Us: A Baltimore Story”
Last winter, student curators worked with two disability justice mentors from Melanie Hood-Wilson and Associates and six local disabled accessibility consultants on improving access for their Baltimore-based exhibitions of Elizabeth Talford Scott’s art. Students come from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Morgan State University, Johns Hopkins, and Coppin University. Members of the group will… Continue reading “Nothing Without Us: A Baltimore Story”
Museum of Craft and Design
SADC produced a collection of audio tours for two exhibitions concurrently showing at San Francisco’s Museum of Craft and Design: Mr. Roboto and Indie Folk. For each, SADC produced an “At-a-Glance” tour as well as more detailed “Immersive” tour. Scroll down to the “Audio Tours” links near the bottom of the exhibition pages online to… Continue reading Museum of Craft and Design
The Ride Ahead
SADC recently produced audio description for Samuel and Dan Habib’s documentary, The Ride Ahead. The Ride Ahead is a major expansion of their Emmy Award winning film My Disability Roadmap, which SADC also audio described. Samuel Habib is a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love. But, as he says… Continue reading The Ride Ahead
Seeing Stars— a film with vision, preview
SADC produced AD for Emmy-winning writer and Broadway performer Ellen Gould, whose performance of Seeing Stars is part of a documentary currently in progress. SADC provided AD for a newly available preview of the film. Seeing Stars is Gould’s most personal project in two decades of writing and solo musical performance, speaking about the influence and… Continue reading Seeing Stars— a film with vision, preview
Voice of America’s “Extaordinary Teacher Damkerng”
At a public high school in Bangkok, teacher Damkerng Mungthanya is dedicated to helping students experience the joys of learning English. Blind since birth, Damkerng is also the only teacher with a disability in his school. In Thailand, 2.1 million people with disabilities are registered with the government, but only 6 percent of those of… Continue reading Voice of America’s “Extaordinary Teacher Damkerng”
Song Without Words
Song Without Words is a 15 minute film by Deaf musician and filmmaker Olivia Ting, which figured in her installation at Experiments in Art, Access & Technology, or E.A.A.T. SADC audio described the film for the installation and for the exhibition online. As an experimental art film with meaningful silences, the work would have been… Continue reading Song Without Words
National Park Service 2023
The Collective was enlisted to produce expanded audio description for a series of short documentaries and social media shorts promoting research at national parks. The National Park Service partnered with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking for the films, which were made by graduate students in collaboration with Park Service staff. Topics ranged from trail camera… Continue reading National Park Service 2023
NINA
NINA is a short film by Oak Tree Films, a student-run production company in Villanova University’s Social Justice Documentary class. NINA follows a day in the life of the amazing students, teachers, and staff at the Nina School for the Deaf, as they establish a sense of community, prioritize deaf education, and pride themselves in… Continue reading NINA
Think Higher Think College
This video highlights the many things students with intellectual disability love about college: living in the dorm, taking classes that they choose, making friends, eating good food, participating in campus activities, and being independent. Hear from students and faculty from 5 different college campuses around the country about all the ways everyone benefits from students… Continue reading Think Higher Think College
When We Fight
What happens when 30,000 teachers go on strike? Watch as one of the largest educator strikes in modern U.S. history unfolds in real-time, highlighting the stories and leadership of some of the women who led it, from union organizers to classroom teachers. This 2022 documentary by Yael Bridge and Yoni Golijov has educational distribution through… Continue reading When We Fight
Upstream, Downriver
A documentary film by Maggie Burnette Stogner, Executive Director of American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking. Distributed by New Day Films. AD written by Oliver Baker, QC by Nefertiti Matos Olivares, and narrated by Project Lead Cheryl Green. Audio edited by Thomas Reid. Learn more about the film and upcoming festival and community screenings.
This Is What the World Looks Like When You’re Gone
This documentary short film by Steen Starr is a poetic reflection on love, loss, family, nature, religion and grief. The film will be released in 2023. Audio description written by Project Lead Cheryl Green, QC by Robert Kingett, and narrated by Oliver Baker.
Superfest Disability Film Festival 2022
The Social Audio Description Collective described three films for the 2022 Superfest Disability Film Festival, which screened both virtually and in person in October: Êxtase (Ecstasy) by Moara Passoni, a feature length Brazilian film in Portuguese, AD written by Project Lead Cheryl Green, script QC by Nefertiti Matos Olivares, audio edited by Kensuke Nakamura. Narrated… Continue reading Superfest Disability Film Festival 2022
New Day Films trailers
Our collective described a number of trailers for New Day Films. Watch the described trailers below. Fireburn the Documentary. Written by Robert Kingett. QC by Cheryl Green. Narrated by Barbara Faison. Audio edited by Cheryl. My Dear Children. Written by Robert Kingett. QC and narrated by Cheryl Green. Audio edited by Cheryl. The Shrimp. Written… Continue reading New Day Films trailers
My Disability Roadmap
Samuel Habib, 21, wants to date, leave home, go to college. But he drives a 350-pound wheelchair, uses a communication device, and can have a seizure at any moment. Determined to find his path forward, he seeks out guidance from America’s most rebellious disability activists. Will they empower him to launch the bold adult life… Continue reading My Disability Roadmap
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