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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to Launch Disabilities, Representation and Film Program: ‘It’s Our Duty To Share Those Narratives’
The Academy Museum launches the Disabilities, Representation and Film program July 13 in celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sound designer, producer and Academy Member Jim LeBrecht and celebrity activist Lawrence Carter-Long pitched Ybarra on disability-centered programming. She hopes the program inspires participants to “learn more about what people are experiencing,” and serves as a “push” to make Hollywood a more inclusive industry. Two workshops on creating visual descriptions for movies and tactile filmmaking will be available to visitors at 11:00 a.m. Infinite Flow, a Los Angeles-based professional dance company featuring disabled and non-disabled dancers, will hold a performance in the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby at 3:40 p.m.
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