Deaf News: Deaf girl protests outside cinema for more subtitled screenings

Posted on August 7, 2018 by



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In a sign of the growing frustration among deaf people at the cinema industry’s lack of action to increase the availability of subtitled screenings, a deaf girl called Briar from Walsall has protested outside The Light Cinema in Walsall for more subtitled screenings.

The story came to light through a series of tweets yesterday and appeared to prompt a positive response from the cinema (see their tweet at the bottom of this post):


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