Tag: Robert Kingett

Buffalo Sonnet: A Digital Comic

In a project commissioned by New York’s Lincoln Center, SADC produced an audio-described version of the digital comic, “Buffalo Sonnet.” This artistic meditation on the Black experience tells the story of the historic San Juan Hill neighborhood in Manhattan, a vibrant cultural hub in the early 20th century that was eventually demolished to make way… Continue reading Buffalo Sonnet: A Digital Comic

Access:Horror

So inclusive, it’s scary. Proudly ranked among the Top 5 Most Accessible Festivals in the 2023 Accessibility Scorecard Impact Report, Access:Horror is committed to ensuring a welcoming, barrier-free experience for all. Access:Horror celebrates disability, genre cinema, and all that’s good in the world. Hosted by Ariel Baska (filmmaker, author, podcaster), the event will feature short film screenings, panels,… Continue reading Access:Horror

Be Here Now

Celeste, a grieving artist, returns to their hometown for a quick visit, but when their ride’s car is stolen, they must spend the night revisiting the people and places they left behind, realizing that connection, joy, and magic are at play even when life feels impossible. Be Here Now merges the aesthetics of irreverent queer… Continue reading Be Here Now

Las Cosas Que Brillan

Las Cosas Que Brillan isn’t just a film—it’s a love letter to the Trans Latinx community. ⁠ Featuring a story of resilience, self-discovery, and hope, this film gives a voice to stories that deserve to be seen and heard.⁠ In this film by Sotomayor Productions, a curious young mermaid defies her mother’s warnings and ventures… Continue reading Las Cosas Que Brillan

Thanks, Babs!

Meet Babs, an optimistic octogenarian speed-racing through life, one five-year plan at a time. Thanks, Babs! premieres at Frameline 49 on June 20th, 2025 in the Homegrown program. This program celebrates queer stories from the Bay Area. It features sci-fi, heists, gay stuff, elder stories, and more. Thanks, Babs! is the latest documentary produced by… Continue reading Thanks, Babs!

2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

For the second year in a row, SADC produced the audio description that was provided to all of the finalists of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, a program feature starting last year. As before, no specific information about any of this years fifteen finalist short films was provided to SADC prior to our receiving them,… Continue reading 2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

Beam+ Stories, Season 2

Beam+ is a project-based, physically integrated creative arts company based in Denver, CO. The Beam+ Stories series is focused on breaking stigma, one story at a time. Season 2 features nine short documentaries focused on Denver-area disabled artists from diverse backgrounds and experiences working in a range of artistic mediums. The series premieres June 22nd,… Continue reading Beam+ Stories, Season 2

Holding Liat

Holding Liat is winner of the Documentary Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at 2025 Berlin Film Festival. Liat Beinin Atzili is one of the Israeli hostages taken on October 7th. The film follows Liat’s relatives, with a focus on her father, as he tries to stay on the path of pacifism and… Continue reading Holding Liat

Vivien’s Wild Ride

After a long career in cinema, film editor Vivien Hillgrove starts losing her sight, forcing her to reexamine past traumas and relationships, and to reinvent herself and her art. Directed by Vivien Hillgrove, Vivien’s Wild Ride is a story of resistance and resilience. The documentary captures a story of transformation on many levels, reimagining what it… Continue reading Vivien’s Wild Ride

Neon as Soulcraft & RugLife @SFMCD

SADC recently produced the audio tours for two more recent exhibitions at San Francisco’s Museum of Craft and Design: RugLife, which is showing currently through April 20, and Neon as Soulcraft, which ran through November last year. Biographical and other curatorial text were provided by the museum and incorporated into the tours. Wayfinding and description… Continue reading Neon as Soulcraft & RugLife @SFMCD

Godzilla Minus One

The latest in our pro bono or “vigilante” AD series of work is a feature-length AD script. In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.… Continue reading Godzilla Minus One

Anderson Collection at Stanford University

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

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

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

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

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

Negro Mountain

A clairvoyant neurosurgeon embarks on a weekend get away with her best friend only to discover the mountain range has a haunting history. Audio description written by, Kensuke Nakamura. Blind QC, Robert Kingett. Narrator, Barbara Faison. Blind QC and audio editor, Thomas Reid. View theNegro Mountain film details on Alicia’s website.

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

Senses

After a horrific encounter with a stranger, two friends, one blind and other deaf, use their senses to defend themselves from a robbery gone wrong. Things aren’t always what they seem. Audio Description writer: Kensuke Nakamura. QC: Robert Kingett. Narrator: Barbara Faison. Audio editing: Thomas Reid. Read more about this short horror film by Alyscia Cunningham… Continue reading Senses

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

Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer

Latest in our series of pro-bono or “vigilante” AD. For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more… Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer

Tell me Why game trailer

Latest in our series of pro bono or “vigilante” AD. Tell Me Why is the latest narrative adventure game from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind the beloved franchise, Life Is Strange. In this intimate mystery, twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan use their special bond to unravel the memories of their loving but troubled childhood in… Continue reading Tell me Why game trailer

Old trailer

Latest in our series of pro bono or “vigilante” AD. Visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into… Continue reading Old trailer

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier trailer

Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier. The pair, who came together in the final moments of “Avengers: Endgame,” team up on a global adventure that tests their abilities—and their patience. The Falcon and The… Continue reading The Falcon and the Winter Soldier trailer

Loki Trailer

Watch Loki described on Disney Plus In Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” the mercurial villain Loki (Tom Hiddleston) resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.” Kate Herron directs and Michael Waldron is head writer. Debuted on Disney+ in May 2021. Watch Loki Trailer… Continue reading Loki Trailer