----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:50 AM Subject: Katyn to be released on DVD with audio description for the visually impaired
> polskieradio > Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > > Katyn to be released on DVD with audio description for the visually > impaired > > By Joanna Najfeld > > Katyn, the movie by Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda, which has > been nominated to Oscar this year in the category of non-English language > films, will be released on DVD in Poland with audio description - > additional narration sound track suited for the non-sighted audience. All > thanks to the efforts of Polish pioneers of audio description. > > Katyn tells the story of the genocide of Polish citizens by Soviets in > 1940. The movie is well-known to the general public in Poland, and it is > gaining popularity worldwide. > > Now Katyn is to become the first movie released on DVD in Poland, which > has both subtitles for the deaf and audio description for the blind. This > makes it fully accessible to the disabled. This Oscar-nominated production > is the latest success of the pioneers of audio description in Poland, most > notably Tomasz Strzymiñski, a blind person himself: > "Since November 2006, when we first organized an audio described movie > screening in Poland, the idea has been catching on surprisingly. I had > expected more problems. But we managed to organize more audio described > shows at movie theaters across Poland, and even at the Polish Film > Festival in Gdynia. The puppet theater in Bia³ystok staged a show for > sighted and non-sighted children together and right now there is even some > audio description on television." > > The distributor of Katyn, Tim Film Studio company, sees the audio > description of the movie as a breakthrough. Dorota Sieroñ: > "This is the first movie released in Poland with audio description. We > decided to start with "Katyn", because in our opinion this movie is very > important for all Polish people as part of our history. The idea of audio > description of "Katyn" comes from Tomasz Strzyminski. He introduced us to > the special and unknown world of the blind people." > > Tomasz Strzymiñski and his fellow propagators of audio description in > Poland do not rest on their laurels. They are determined to put even more > effort into making the lives of visually impaired people more enjoyable: > "Blind and visually impaired people in Poland are very happy that audio > description is being popularized. But we still have a lot to learn to > improve the quality of it. We already cooperate internationally, trying to > get some experts to come to Poland and train audio description specialists > here." > > The audio described version of Katyn is to be released on February 21, > three days before the Oscar ceremony. > > > BlindNews Mailing List > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe" as subject > > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as subject > > Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archive: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind > > RSS: http://GeoffAndWen.com/BlindNewsRSS.asp > > More information about RSS feeds will be published shortly. Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
