At the Media Access Awards on Wednesday, honoree Marlee Matlin summed up the mood by saying that when she came to Los Angeles in 1985, “words like equality and access were so far outside the …
summed up the mood by saying that when she came to Los Angeles in 1985, “words like equality and access were so far outside the mainstream of Hollywood, I had to make noise.” Receiving the MAA’s lifetime achievement award “pushes me to be even louder.”
Matlin was presented with the MAA’s highest honor, the Norman Lear-Geri Jewell lifetime achievement Award. Presenter Shoshannah Stern hailed her as a “guiding spirit for deaf and disabled people” since 1986 when she earned acclaim for her Oscar-winning performance in “Children of a Lesser God.” Krasinski was given the MAA’s first-ever award for excellence in directing, honoring his commitment to inclusion with Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II.” Praising the film’s star Simonds, he said, “Casting a deaf actress was non-negotiable.”
“Luca” producer Andrea Warren won the PGA’s George Sunga award. The Pixar-Disney film includes a character with one arm, Massimo, and his difference is just a small part of who he is. Warren said, “We have a unique opportunity to reach a young generation.”
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