Panel, Accessibility & Networking during 2014 Sundance Film Festival

Part one - Touring Sundance!

Part two - Cinema Accessibility

A Deaf filmmaker proposed suggestions and room for improvement for Sundance and all reputable film festivals to improve accessibility for deaf film goes and to provide ASL interpreters (ON DEMAND) for all workshops, Q&A's and panel discussions.

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