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LOS ANGELES — Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for the disabled.“I’ve a

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for people with disabilities. “I’ve always seen that stage with its stairs as a symbol that they don’t expect people who had mobility issues to be nominated or to win an award,” said Jim LeBrecht, the co-director and co-star of the Oscar-nominated documentary “ Crip Camp.” “It’s always been this kind of negative tacit statement." This...

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Disabled nominees hope their Oscar moment becomes a movement Poll Yes LOS ANGELES – Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for people with disabilities. “I’ve always seen that stage with its stairs as a symbol that they don’t expect people who had mobility issues to be nominated or to win an award,” said Jim LeBrecht, the co-director and co-star of the Oscar-nominated documentary ” Crip Camp.” “It’s always been ...

Oscar nominees include three films featuring the disabled Three films featuring the disabled are nominated at the Academy Awards: "Sound of Metal," "Feeling Through" and "Crip Camp." Deaf actor Robert Tarango hopes the recognition leads to lasting change. (April 14) AP

LOS ANGELES - Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for the disabled.

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, co-directors Jim LeBrecht, left, and Nicole Newnham, center, from the documentary "Crip Camp" pose with film subject Judith Heumann during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) This image released by Doug Roland Films shows Steven Prescod as Tereek, left, and Robert Tarango as Artie, in a scene from "Feeling Through." The disabled have a moment in the Oscar spotlight that they hope becomes a movement. (...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt...

Academy Award Nominated Short Film Features First Deaf-Blind Actor “Feeling Through” is a great feel-good movie and the documentary of the making of the film is even better — view both!   I’m haunted by the way I behaved the first time I came into close proximity with a Deaf-Blind person. It was in the lobby of the student union building at Gallaudet University — the famous liberal arts school for the Deaf in Washington, DC. At the time, my Deaf daughter Miranda was a student there. ...

SHORTS TV As we prepare for the upcoming Academy Awards, one category—or, to be precise, three categories that are easy to gloss over are the short films. This is because most of us simply haven’t seen or even heard of them. SHORTS TV has made a laudable effort to change this, and the 2 021 Oscar Nominated Shorts can be viewed in theaters and online—mostly online this year, if we are being honest. As a filmmaker in addition to being a film critic, I’m most prolific in the area of makin...