Rerun: CODA filmmakers on growth of Deaf representation

Published: April 8, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

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\\u201cCODA\\u201d won three Oscars this year: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Writing (Adapted Screenplay).\\xa0When making \\u201cCODA,\\u201d Marlee Matlin, who won an Oscar in 1987 for \\u201cChildren of a Lesser God,\\u201d realized she was usually the only Deaf person on a set. She told KCRW in January: \\u201cI\\u2019m the one typically going to my trailer by myself, and it\\u2019s just me and my interpreter. But in all honesty, I never thought of it until I got on the set of \\u2018CODA\\u2019 and realized there\\u2019s a whole different world out there I\\u2019ve been missing all this time. Realizing that here I am, on the set of \\u2018CODA,\\u2019 in my element at lunch time, because everybody is signing. The hearing crew \\u2014 they\\u2019re signing, there\\u2019s Deaf cast members, and most importantly, our director learned sign language.\\u201d KCRW reairs its conversation with director Si\\xe2n Heder and Matlin.\\xa0Also in a new Banter, Matt Belloni talks to Lucas Shaw about what happens now as the WarnerMedia Discovery merger is imminent.\\xa0

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