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
Tripping Hazard (Field Studio 1)
Tripping Hazard (Field Studio 1) is a collaborative art installation by Carmen and Antonio Papalia, which stood on view at the Migros museum in Zurich, Switzerland, October 2023 through January 2024 for their Interdependencies exhibition. View and listen to the description SADC produced for the photos and the videos of the piece. Photos: Writer Cheryl… Continue reading Tripping Hazard (Field Studio 1)
2024 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
Here’s SADC receiving thanks from master of ceremonies Nic Novicki at the award ceremony. The SADC provided audio description for 15 of the 16 finalists for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, now in its 11th year. (The winner for Best Film, entitled Audio Description, had AD already supplied and central to its story.) The films… Continue reading 2024 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
Primitive way country come look inside
A disabled poet with Rett syndrome (Ysolde Stienon) and a disabled performing artist with Type 1 diabetes (Marina “heron” Tsaplina) document their 12-month artistic collaboration to illuminate ground-time: the nonverbal, expressive dynamics of embodied communication. SADC provided audio description for two short, open-captioned videos to accompany an essay of the same name in the Leonardo… Continue reading Primitive way country come look inside
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
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