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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi You All<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Couldn’t pass on not passing this information to you all! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The movie “Feeling Through” It has the first DeafBlind actor to be nominated for an academy award. It is a short film 18 minutes long.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Below is more information and a youtube link for the video and background on the movie. The video is captioned and a link for audio description.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>The Helen Keller National Center is excited to share a very important announcement. <b>Feeling Through, </b>the first film ever to star a deafblind actor has made the OSCARS shortlist in the category of best live action short film! It went from 179 films to the top five! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Feeling Through</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> is written and directed by Doug Roland. Doug worked with HKNC to produce the film. If you have not seen it already we invite you to enjoy the short 18-minute film. It is captioned for persons interested. Just click to watch!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dh1CqzntEZZ8%26t%3D2s&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.flearl%40nebraska.gov%7C6541a762ac4d4a07e83708d9033e3897%7C043207dfe6894bf6902001038f11f0b1%7C0%7C0%7C637544388039149206%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=EqD8qkEF2cwZNQZ7QjTehhd7dgJkfr2rVzVJyRFQJm0%3D&reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1CqzntEZZ8&t=2s</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Do you need audio description of the film? Use this link: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqM_7_BofpPQ%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.flearl%40nebraska.gov%7C6541a762ac4d4a07e83708d9033e3897%7C043207dfe6894bf6902001038f11f0b1%7C0%7C0%7C637544388039149206%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=d%2FQpJ54OXIOzABbD5JHLka8TrORK7eXsIFGQF7ovtzw%3D&reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM_7_BofpPQ&feature=youtu.be</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Finally, “<b>Connecting the Dot” </b>is a short documentary that shares the story behind the scenes, the filmmaking in progress and the authenticates the partnership between Doug Roland and the Helen Keller National Center. We invite you to enjoy the documentary, the link and password are below. This film is also captioned. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Connecting<u> </u>the<u> </u>Dots<u>: </u>The<u> Story of Feeling Through</u></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Link</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F465975419&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.flearl%40nebraska.gov%7C6541a762ac4d4a07e83708d9033e3897%7C043207dfe6894bf6902001038f11f0b1%7C0%7C0%7C637544388039159165%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Baewzkbb%2FJCUo5tSca4xQHiHs6h61BKUSyyk3pPsK1A%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/465975419</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Password</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>: CTD_Doc_2020</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Finally, more exciting news. Award winning actress and producer Marlee Matlin has partnered with Doug Roland to produce a feature length film of <b><i>Feeling Through</i></b>. More to come on this exciting development. You can find fascinating interviews and discussion every Friday by viewing the Feeling Through Facebook page. <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffeelingthrough&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.flearl%40nebraska.gov%7C6541a762ac4d4a07e83708d9033e3897%7C043207dfe6894bf6902001038f11f0b1%7C0%7C0%7C637544388039159165%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3%2BiwmtduxKMOHeG7QAqgMz1OHS6sUdd8Km8E%2Bysm54A%3D&reserved=0">https://www.facebook.com/feelingthrough</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Kathleen West-Evans <<a href="mailto:Kwest-evans@csavr.org">Kwest-evans@csavr.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Leslie Newman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBN Senior Division, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB Seniors Division, Second Vice President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBN Omaha Chapter, Secretary<span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>