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The Captioning Studio wins Human Rights Award

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A captioning services provider has won a Human Rights Award for its contribution to the inclusion of people with hearing loss. The Australian Human Rights Commission awarded The Captioning Studio in the business category.

The Human Rights Awards are held annually and are recognised across the government, business and not-for-profit sectors as an important accolade. The Captioning Studio was awarded for its innovations in captioning technology, increasing access to theatre, education and much more for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired.

Nari Jennings, co-founder of The Captioning Studio, spoke about her family history of deafness, and the passion this gives her for promoting access to arts. 


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Advanced session of Mission: Impossible with access features to be screened in Brisbane

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Event Cinemas has notified Media Access Australia that on Wednesday 14 December an advance screening of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol with closed captions and audio description will be held at Brisbane’s Myer Centre.

The screening will be at 9:30pm and take place in the complex’s VMax cinema which provides bigger seats and a larger screen.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (rated M) stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, a special agent who, along with his team has been wrongfully accused of bombing the Kremlin. He and his team are forced to go rogue to clear their names and prevent another devastating attack. 


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Adelaide cinema extends open caption screenings of Twilight: New Dawn

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Due to an unforeseen delay in the rollout of the new accessible program at Adelaide’s Marion cinema, Twilight: New Dawn Part One will screen for one more week with open captions. The cinema intends to screen movies with closed captions and audio description, increasing access to movies for people who have impaired hearing or vision.

The cinema expects to have the installation of digital access equipment completed by 15 December. To ensure a continued program of accessible movies, management has agreed to screen another week of one of the biggest movies of 2011. Screening times for Twilight: New Dawn Part One can be found on the Event Cinema website.


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