Items · Disability Arts History Australia

Carl Emmerson

Bridie McKim

Blaise Borrer

Ashleigh Smart

Alex Sideratos

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.

"We Are Sexual Beings - IMDB"

We Are Sexual Beings' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Over the course of 24-hours, three young Australians with disabilities will pull back the covers on their intimate lives. Oli, an aspiring tennis champ; Maya, an earnest sweetheart; and Christina, a wild-child motor head."

"The Silent Revenge - IMDB"

The Silent Revenge' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Tale about the status degree of some incidents of the two deaf thugs who terrorized several innocent pass-by on street until was stopped by a main person who took revenge at them."

"Noise - IMDB"

Noise' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "This is a story about the wrong person in the right place at the wrong time. Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling." Simon Laherty plays a young man with a mental disability and another character suffers from tinnitus.