[il-talk] FW: Help to legislate audio description and captioning in all U.S. cinemas

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: Robert William Kingett <kingettr at gmail.com>
To: eric at pmpmail.com
Subject: Help to legislate audio description and captioning in all U.S.
cinemas
Date: 
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:42:23 -0500

My name is Robert Kingett. like millions of Americans with vision or 
hearing impairments I love going to the movies. However, finding a 
cinema that offers movies with captioning or video description is not 
easy and many of my friends with vision impairments have simply stopped 
going to see a movie in a movie theater. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) 
recently introduced two bills that will expand access to captioning and 
image narration in movie theaters and allow people with visual or 
hearing impairments to enjoy the movies we all love to watch. The 
Captioning and Image Narration to Enhance Movie Accessibility (CINEMA) 
Act would require movie theater complexes of two or more screens to make 
captioning and video description available for ALL films at ALL 
showings. With the help of this petition we can help push through 
legislation that will force the studios and cinema operators to provide 
the necessary technology so that everyone can enjoy the cinema experience.

The link is

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Help_to_legislate_audio_description_and_cap
tioning_in_all_US_cinemas_for_movie_fans_with_visual_or_hearing_impairments_
1/?cTSTleb