A rapper, a chart-topper and most notably an innovator – Stormzy is well-known for being a trailblazer in the music industry.
Calling for change through evocative lyricism, the 30-year-old musician recently set his sights on smashing through a stereotype that, until now, had been falling on deaf ears.
Adopting the help of British Sign Language interpreter (BSL) Chris Fonseca, the star put on an accessible extravaganza that opened the floodgates to the idea of widely interpreted Grime songs.
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Stormzy is on a mission to unite deaf people and music
Blue is the Colour – History made with the heart-warming half-time moment at Stamford Bridge.
Watch as Armando Broja, Conor Gallagher, Lauren James and Hannah Hampton team up with Cadbury Fingers to learn some British Sign Language with the NDCS and Cadbury.
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In a This Morning first, we’re welcoming deaf cook Yvonne Cobb to the kitchen for our first ever live deaf cookery item.
Alongside her interpreters, Yvonne will be making the programme more accessible for those people who use British Sign Language as their preferred language.
She’ll be making us a favourite dish from her childhood – her tasty chicken chimichangas. With just a few ingredients, they’re super simple but always a big hit at tea time. And at only 40p a parcel, it’s a winner on the bank balance too!
Broadcasted on 6th October 2022
Name me Lawand – TrailerFive-year-old Lawand is on a quest to find a world where there are people like him – people who will understand him. Since birth, Lawand has been profoundly Deaf and unable to communicate with those around him. He undertakes a treacherous journey with his family from Iraq to Derby, home of the Royal School for the Deaf. But this new life soon comes under threat when the family face deportation.
Along with members of the Derby community, they begin a new quest – a fight to stay in the place they now call home. Employing a striking visual style that frames Lawand’s development from being voiceless to a voice representing others in the D/deaf community, Edward Lovelace’s (The Possibilities Are Endless) documentary is an inspirational and touching coming-of-age story.
We are super excited to celebrate this one, as it was led by a group of Deaf Arsenal fans, including Victoria’s cousin Max Parsons.
After working alongside Arsenal Football Club, the Gunners became the first Premier League club to provider access to BSL Interpreters for all games.
“Because he is deaf, he has never felt quite fully welcomed – until now, thanks to the incorporation of British Sign Language into everything that happens on the Emirates’ big screens.”
We cannot wait to see other Football Clubs following suit.
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We have to congratulate Rose and Giovanni on their well-deserved win on Strictly 2021! Rose has used the platform to bring awareness to the deaf community, British Sign Language (BSL), and also highlight their struggles.
She has given the deaf community the confidence to try new things and to celebrate their deafness, in particular deaf children and young people. Check out her first major interview of 2022 here with The Big Issue for more on how she’s also supporting the BSL Act Now campaign to support the BSL Act through its second reading in parliament on 28th January too.
At terptree we are excited to see her legacy and “Rose Effect” throughout 2022!
A series of short films directed by Paula Garfield showing deaf life during the pandemic.
The release of CODA, staring Marlee Matlin, at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival marked a watershed moment, after years of the unrepresentative portrayal of deaf people in film.
After winning numerous awards at The Sundance Film Festival – At Sundance, CODA won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize, U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, and a Special Jury Ensemble Cast Award. The film’s director Sian Heder won Best Director in the U.S. Dramatic section. It has gone on to receive critical acclaim and nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
2021 saw a huge increase in the representation of deaf and hard-of-hearing characters in film and TV including Millicent Simmonnds in “A Quiet Place Part II”, Lauren Ridloff in “Eternals” on Disney+, Stephen Collins staring in the “Dune” movie and Jamal Ajala in “The Witcher”. We also saw representation in the new Sex in the City spin-off, “And Just Like That” and the character of Steve having developed a hearing-loss and wearing a hearing aid, as well as the Marvel series “Hawkeye” on Disney+. It’s an exciting time to be a Deaf or hard-of-hearing actor or actress at the moment, and long may it continue.
History was made at the 2022 Super Bowl half-time show when Deaf Rappers Wawa and Sean Forbes featured with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Mary J Blige.
They performed sign language interpretations of the headliners music.
An amazing opportunity to give deaf performers and ASL such a global platform!.
Troy Kotsur has won the SAG Award for Best Actor and put’s him on the favourites list for the Best Actor Oscar in March. This is a historical moment and shows amazing support from Apple for deaf actors. Check out his acceptance speech.
Kotsur won the Oscar at the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, and is only the second deaf actor to win an Oscar, the first being Marlee Matlin’s best actress award for Children of a Lessor God in 1987. “This is amazing to be here on this journey” he said to a standing ovation applauding in ASL. “I cannot believe I’m here”.
Deaf actor, John Autry II was hired and his voice featured in The Simpsons, with a storyline based around the late saxophonist Bleeding Gums Murphy.
In this episode in April 2022, Lisa discovers that her favourite musician had a deaf son.
Autry said of the episode “It’s life-changing equality and participation. This can impact change for all of us. It’s about hard of hearing and hearing characters coming together. Its a part of history”.
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