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Blindness Advocates on Why There Should Be Audio Description Oscars
'Blink' consultant Jaimee Kadish talks with Paul Castle, part of the viral sensation Matthew & Paul about representation for blindness in media.
Both are legally blind due to a rare disease called retinitis pigmentosa (RP) that causes loss of vision over time — Castle was diagnosed at 16, Kadish at 21. A chance encounter at a retreat led her to meet a producer on “ Blink,” the NatGeo documentary about a family who learns three of their four children have RP and will eventually lose their sight. Directed by “Navalny” Oscar winner Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson, the film brought Kadish on board as a consultant and to help with the audio descriptions (AD.)
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