Good American Family is an upcoming Hulu miniseries about the true story of Natalia Grace, a little girl from Ukraine who has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare form of dwarfism, …
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Tracker’s Bobby Exley Being an Ordinary Disabled Person Is Appreciated
by RikkiPoynterby RikkiPoynterTracker is an action-drama show based on the novel The Never Game by Jeffrey Deaver and currently airing its second season. It stars Justin Hartley, who you may know as …
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The Deaf Community Shouldn’t Feel Forced To Only Make Their Own Media
by RikkiPoynterby RikkiPoynterImage Description: Gradient blue background. Text says, “It’s important for the Deaf community to make their own media… but we shouldn’t feel forced to do only that.” Images of 9 …
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Why Deaf Way Film Festival Is so Important to Me as a Deaf Person
by RikkiPoynterby RikkiPoynterWhat does it mean to be part of a marginalized group that is rarely seen in the mainstream film industry? How does it feel to be yearning to see someone …
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The Importance of “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” Documentary as a Deaf Person
by RikkiPoynterby RikkiPoynterMarlee Matlin’s Not Alone Anymore is a documentary focused on her life, an important project that arose due to mainstream society’s refusal to support or create authentic Deaf stories. This …
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Hush, the Movie That Hearing People Think Is Great Deaf Cinema
by RikkiPoynterby RikkiPoynterHush is a 2016 horror movie written and directed by Mike Flanagan and stars his wife, Kate Siegel, who is also a co-writer. Kate plays a woman named Maddie Young, …