International Day Of People With Disabilities 2024 on SBS and SBS on Demand – All three programs will be available to stream free on SBS On Demand.
Imagined Touch (2022)
Tuesday, 3 December at 2.00pm Premiere
This multi-sensory arts performance project delves into the world of Deafblind culture through its mixture of tactile sign language, unique relationship to the senses, space and navigation of the world.
A Disability- led team, this is performed by two Deafblind women, Heather Lawson, a performer, and Michelle Stevens, a pianist. Written and directed by Sofya Gollan and directed and produced by Jodee Mundy OAM.
When two Deafblind women, Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens, approached director Jodee Mundy, a coda, to make a show, they pulled off the impossible. They turned their small community performance into Imagined Touch, a theatre production that became a sell-out success at the Sydney Festival, going on to win at the Victorian Green Room Awards.
Imagined Touch explores the collaboration of three women: Deafblind performers Heather Lawson, Michelle Stevens and Jodee Mundy as they wrestle with the question – how do they perform if they can’t see or hear on stage while leading the audience to a true understanding of what it is like to be deprived of sight and hearing? Imagined Touch will be available with Closed Captions and Audio Descriptions.
Flightpaths, Freeways and Railroads
Tuesday, 3 December at 2.40pm
Episodes 1 – 3: This documentary project takes us on a journey with two blind and one deaf person as they move around urban and regional spaces. The short films illustrate the challenges and opportunities that emerging technologies pose for diverse groups.
Focus On Ability Film Festival 2024
Tuesday, 3 December at 4.00pm Premiere
Join us as we share the award-winning films from the 16th Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, where filmmakers celebrate the ability of people with disability and share powerful stories. Vision Australia will air audio description of the festival concurrent with SBS’s broadcast.
International Day Of People With Disabilities 2024 on SBS and SBS on Demand – Tuesday 3 December from 2.00pm
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International Day Of People With Disabilities 2024 on SBS and SBS on Demand
