member of sundance film festival A jury ended a screening of the US Dramatic Competition before seeing the film on Friday due to a glitch in the theater’s captioning device. According to a source familiar with the situation, hollywood reporter.
during the screening of magazine dreamsa film directed by Elijah Bynum starring Jonathan Majors, a device normally provided to all audiences of the deaf and hard of hearing, including jurors marlee matlin, didn’t work. Matlin and his fellow jurors Jeremy O. Harris and Eliza Hittman all finished the screening.
Later that night, the jury attended another screening where the captioning device was working fine.they are going to see magazine dreams Later, according to the festival.
The jury sent the letters it got. THRto filmmakers at the festival who criticized the lack of open captions in the competition titles.
“We all traveled to Utah to celebrate independent cinema and the people who have dedicated their lives to making it.” Sundance is an important venue for those of us who have had diverse careers.The independent cinema movement in the United States is a way of making films accessible to everyone, not just the privileged. The fact that all three of us, as judges, do not have access to these films hinders our ability to celebrate the work that you have put into making these films.”
In a statement about the situation, Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente said the festival’s approach to accessibility is “always evolving” and feedback is appreciated. “Our team has worked hard in this area, but there is always work to be done,” she said in part. We need to do a lot.”
