All Senses Go

03/20/2026

Students in my Accessible Cinema class worked hard in teams to audio describe silent film classics such as Charlie Chaplin's "The Immigrant," Buster Keaton's "One Week," and Harold Lloyd's "Never Weaken." Check them out if you're interested! https://vimeo.com/showcase/12149956?fl=so&fe=fs

Thumbnail description: A mustached man in a bowler hat (Chaplin's famous Tramp character) stands close beside a smiling woman wearing a cloche hat and dark coat. They lean against a wall, sharing a warm, playful moment.

12/06/2025

The Audio Description Project recently shared that an exciting milestone was reached: 13,000 titles (movies & TV shows) now have Audio Description available. Hop on the train, filmmakers!

This page lists all films and series currently available with audio description. To find a particular title, enter its name in the search box on the right. To browse the full list, continue navigating down. The results can be narrowed by accessing the list of filters on the left. After you've found....

08/15/2025

We're excited to announce a new Substack about accessible cinema, called All Senses Go! Check out our in-depth interview with Alex Howard of The Dark Room Podcast. We investigate why only 53 of the NYT Top 100 films have audio description—and what to do about it.

A modified version of a New York Times headline shows that just 53 of “The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century” are audio described.

https://allsensesgo.substack.com/p/these-are-the-best-films-of-the-century

Blind cinephile Alex Howard critiques the inaccessibility of the recent New York Times list, "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century."

05/30/2025

"When top government officials make important announcements without ASL interpreters, deaf and hard of hearing people cannot meaningfully access this information—including critical information about protecting their families and livelihoods."

https://www.nad.org/2025/05/28/national-association-of-the-deaf-sues-white-house-for-access-to-press-briefings/

03/07/2025

"With new open caption technology, Davis worked with hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel (“The Tuba Thieves”) to create all-new captions that opened up the film to a new world of storytelling possibilities."

'Compensation' director Zeinabu irene Davis on how new open caption technology improved her movie for both the Hearing Impaired and Hearing Audiences.

12/17/2024

"This is not work that sits quietly alongside performance or politely inserts itself at the end of the creative process but is instead integral to the way a performance makes sense of itself."

|Alison Kopit, Ann Marie Dorr, Maggie BridgerAccess dramaturgy is a practice of integrating access creatively and collaboratively in performance from the earliest moments of the creative process. Access dramaturg Alison Kopit, in collaboration with Ann Marie Dorr and Maggie Bridger, introduces the t...

12/17/2024

Cool new feature for Android users! Live Caption just added Expressive Captions, with bracketed captions for intensity, vocal bursts, and ambient sounds.

The new Live Caption feature gives you the full picture of emotion in what’s being said on your device.

11/11/2024

Audio Description creators and consumers are invited to an Audio Described Silent Film Showcase on Monday, November 18 at 2:30 PM Central Time on Zoom.

Students from DePaul University's Accessible Cinema course engaged in group projects to bring three early silent films by Edison Motion Pictures to a wider audience, by audio describing each film's visuals for the first time.

The three films in the program include:
- The Great Train Robbery
- Frankenstein
- Jack and the Beanstalk.

Lee Pugsley and Alex Howard, two legally blind cinephiles and co-hosts of The Dark Room podcast, will be sharing feedback on each film!

Those interested should email [email protected], who will share a Zoom meeting link.

We hope you can join us!

11/02/2024

DePaul students are invited to an Accessible Cinema Student Project Showcase on Monday, November 11 at 1:30pm on Zoom. Post 389/489 students engaged in a creative challenge of their own choosing. The only criteria? To bring creativity to the act of: a) taking pre-existing media; b) making it more accessible, in some key way, for a wider audience.

Options included: Captioning a piece of media for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences. Creating an Audio Description narration track for Blind and Low Vision audiences. Translating a piece of media from one language to another.

Access artist Cheryl Green will be sharing feedback on student projects!

Interested students should email [email protected], who will share a Zoom meeting link.

08/30/2024

Open Captioned short films in a wheelchair-accessible venue? Sweet!

These shorts, all featured at past Festivals, display the brilliance and variety of our city’s incredible filmmakers.

08/09/2024

"The FCC's new rules aim to make closed captioning a more seamless and enjoyable feature for everyone..."

Closed captioning, once primarily associated with individuals with hearing impairments, has seen a surge in usage across a wider demographic.