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Marlee Matlin Talks about her Sundance Walkout

Oscar-Winner Marlee Matlin walked out of the premiere of the film Magazine Dreams at the Sundance Film Festival.

Marlee Matlin (Variety video)


The rest of the festival jury joined her when the captioning equipment didn't work. She told Variety:

Captions are for everyone, clearly. So I’m continuing to make noise and to spread the message to everyone that it’s crucial to be able to have captions, whatever we’re talking about, everything, on screen.

Watch the video below for more on the issue or read the article from Variety here.


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