{"id":8178,"date":"2024-06-20T17:49:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=8178"},"modified":"2024-06-20T17:49:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:19:24","slug":"shining-a-spotlight-on-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/06\/20\/shining-a-spotlight-on-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Shining a Spotlight on Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2024, a dedicated initiative titled &#8220;Divyangjan Films&#8221; was featured to extend the joy of cinema to diverse segments of society. This special package was curated to ensure that persons with disabilities could also partake in and enjoy films at MIFF 2024. Students of Victoria Memorial School for the Blind, Tardeo and Sanskar Dham Vidyalaya Mumbai attended the special screening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Divyangjan Films\u2019 package had special screenings where films with Indian Sign Language and closed captions were showcased. This was to cater to audience with hearing disabilities. Also, there were films with audio description for the visually challenged.\u00a0There was also a\u00a0film with live dance using the Indian Sign language. Here are a few\u00a0glimpses of the initiative:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-1JSE6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-24EDL.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screening of \u2018Divyangjan Films\u2019 at JB Hall, NFDC-FD Premises during MIFF 2024<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-493TD.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-5OKRT.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Left Photo- Blind fold bands distributed to MIFF delegates who have expressed interest to experience the film screening with audio description (for visually challenged students) with blind folds on them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Right Photo &#8211; A MIFF delegate wearing a blindfold during the screening<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-6HRV3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms. Priya Sundaram of India Signing Hands interpreting the speech of Director and Classical Dancer Methil Devika, in Indian Sign Language<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-7W0ZO.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms. Priya Sundaram of India Signing Hands interpreting the speech of Brij Kothari, Faculty of IIT DELHI, and Senior Vice President of Toons Media, Abraham Uthup, in Indian Sign Language<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-8A29X.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms. Priya Sundaram of India Signing Hands interpreting the citations and announcements for the students with hearing disabilities during the screening of films for Divyangjan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-9O3GG.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Festival Director, MIFF, Prithul Kumar felicitates Founder and CEO, India Signing Hands<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-10P7Q8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Festival Director, MIFF, Prithul Kumar felicitates Director of &#8216;Cross Over&#8217; and Classical Dancer Methil Devika<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-11QXYL.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Festival Director, MIFF, Prithul Kumar felicitates Brij Kothari, Faculty of IIT DELHI, and Senior Vice President of Toons Media, Abraham Uthup<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-12V8MP.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-138B08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-148S06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-15CHR4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-16551S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-173AGM.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-18YFGE.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Movie stills of films that uses Indian Sign Language for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-19Y6Q4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-209VN2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-21E9M7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students Clapping in Indian Sign Language<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/20-3-22ANH1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director of &#8216;Cross Over&#8217; and Classical Dancer Methil Devika during the screeing of her film \u2013 Cross Over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2024, a dedicated initiative titled &#8220;Divyangjan Films&#8221; was featured to extend the joy of cinema to diverse segments of society. 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