“Captioned films launched in Australia”
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- Title
- “Captioned films launched in Australia”
- Description
- In 2001, captioned films were launched in Australia with a speech by then Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM. The process with a series of submissions from both the film industry and the Deaf and hard of hearing community. These submissions led to the establishment of a Forum comprised of representatives from the film distribution and exhibition sector, the Deaf and hearing impaired communities and the Australian Caption Centre. After a trial run in Sydney and Melbourne, three major cinema exhibiters (Greater Union, Hoyts, and Village) agreed to show open captioned films at selected venues throughout the country.
- Identifier
- AC00094
- Publisher
- Disability Arts History Australia
- datePublished
- 2000s
- creator
- Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM
- category
- Action
- Type
- Create Action
- Format
- Text
- inLanguage
- English
- keywords
- Disability Arts Practice, d/Deaf or hard of hearing, Film/TV/New Media, Access
- copyrightNotice
- © Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Annie Rolfe
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- Action
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