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Marvel’s Deaf Superhero Echo Gets Her Own Spinoff Series

Deaf Niche — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 01:07:03 +0000

Back in 2021, Marvel’s series Hawkeye debuted a supporting superhero who is deaf and an amputee: Echo. In the TV miniseries, Echo is an indigenous young woman gifted with super strength and desire for vengeance. Now in 2024, her success working alongside the titular Hawkeye earned her own miniseries! Embracing Diversity on Screen In her […]

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Watch ZioZio Foodie Eat Raw Horse Meat And Meet Deaf Owner Fusao!

Deaf Niche — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:30:05 +0000

Watch as Zion covers the menu’s variety of delicious fried fares in the video, including horse meat! The owner is Fusao, say hello if you see him in the izakaya. For your knowledge, in Japan Izakayas are the Western equivalent of a pub/tavern. Izakayas are places where you can go to get an alcoholic drink […]

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10 Cool Things About The Blockbuster “A Quiet Place”

Deaf Niche — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:42:19 +0000

The horror movie A Quiet Place is already a major success at the theaters and became the second top box office hit this year after Black Panther! The addition of a deaf character adds another layer of horror and makes effective use of American Sign Language as a plot/coping device, making A Quiet Place one of this year’s […]

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2018’s Academy Awards Marks First Time Two Sign Language Films Won

Deaf Niche — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 06:20:11 +0000

This year the first time that three films with sign language were nominated at the Academy Awards and two of them won- The Shape of Water and The Silent Child. Best Live Action Short Film – The Silent Child The Silent Child won Best Live Action Short Film and the Oscar was given to director […]

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List of Academy Award Films With Sign Language In History of Oscars

Deaf Niche — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:19:28 +0000

At this year’s Academy Awards, the dreamy film The Shape of Water with its 13 nominations has the highest number of nominations that any film with sign language has had in the history of the Academy! There have been winners and nominations with deaf characters and sign language since the Academy was established in 1928, only […]

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What is Light Flashes? How One Woman Revolutionized Deaf Improv

Deaf Niche — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:31:45 +0000

What is Light Flashes? Imagine it is the year 1993 and sitting in a theater with the lights dimming just a bit, increasing the anticipation of the show. The spotlight moves across the red curtains and one by one, the Deaf actors step onto the stage. The actors sign large and crisply, introducing their troupe […]

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Hollywood’s Latest Love Story Is About Sign Language Users

Deaf Niche — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 01:16:02 +0000

December 7, 2017—Guillermo Del Toro’s latest fairy tale love story The Shape of Water will be released in theaters across the nation. The film takes place in Baltimore, Maryland during the 1960s Cold War and centers around a mute janitor who works at a high-security laboratory within the government. She uses sign language for communication […]

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Did You Know This About the Upcoming Movie “The Rampage” With Dwayne Johnson?

Deaf Niche — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:31:39 +0000

Remember that arcade classic from 1986 The Rampage? The game allows up to 3 players to play at the same time as the classic monsters: King Kong, Godzilla, and Werewolf. Together the three go on rampage and destroy the city to advance levels. It’s been made into a movie with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson! But […]

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Virgin Active Says Sorry For Deaf Model’s Photoshop Gaffe

Katie Dicus — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:07:45 +0000

Virgin Active, one of Sir Richard Branson’s companies, ran a campaign to advertise the health club chain and hired a South African deaf model. That model is former Miss Deaf South Africa 2012: Simone Botha Welgemoed. Virgin Active’s graphic department edited the photos to remove her cochlear implant with the final results showing no indication […]

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Did You Know These Horror Movies Have Deaf Characters?

Katie Dicus — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 01:02:01 +0000

Halloween is right around the corner! Among the plethora of thrillers, horrors, and suspenseful action films there are a few that feature deaf characters-we’ve scouted them out and listed them by their average score from critics. Here is a list of the films from lowest to highest review scores-all scores are taken from IMDB and […]

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