Can You Read My Lips

July 01, 2022
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In a world that’s not always built for hard-of-hearing people, sometimes we take communication for granted. What’s it like to use one sense to do the work of another? “Can You Read My Lips?” is an immersive short about lip-reading based on the essay “Seeing at the Speed of Sound” by disability advocate Rachel Kolb who narrates and stars in the piece.

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Produced by Little Moving Pictures
Director – David Terry Fine
Producer – Jeremy Summer
Editor – Nathan Petty
Writers – Rachel Kolb, David Terry Fine, Ryan Bubalo, Brenna Farrell
Director of Photography – Tyler McPherron
Additional Camera – David Terry Fine, Bradley Tangonan
Associate Producers – Amy Dempsey, Brenna Farrell

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