InSight Cinema Shuts Down
Editor: I was really shocked to hear that InSight Cinema is shutting
down. They're the folks who have done so much to bring us open captioned
movies and to publicize their availability. Sadly, in difficult economic
times, it's often the organizations that advocate for folks with
disabilities that are impacted early and hard. But it's good to know that
Nanci will carry on the important work she has been doing.
Here's her notice.
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May 2008
I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that as a non-profit
organization we have come to a point where we no longer have the resources
to continue our services as InSight Cinema.
We will leave up this home page and all links (non profit alliances,
related arts, audiologists, etc.) that do not require daily updates. We
will have Fandango, Movies Tickets.com and all of the theatre links where
you can find open captioned films.
We have come a very long way in 15 years and I am proud of our
accomplishments and deeply grateful to all of those who made it possible:
everyone from the studios, theatre chains, Technicolor, sponsors, donors,
and all of our loyal patrons.
We will be monitoring emails, but will not be able to respond to all of
them as we have done in the past.
There is still a lot of territory to be covered -- Digital Cinema, live
theatre, opera, houses of worship, and sporting venues. I will never cease
to be an advocate for captioning through my work and as a Board of Trustee
member of HLA-CA, a member of various film industry organizations
committed to finding a workable solution for access for Deaf and Hard of
Hearing people.
Open Captioned films will still be available in most of the cities we
list, and you can get the show time information from the links below.
I will still be active as a captioned entertainment advocate, and will
notify our loyal patrons via Newsletter of new innovations as they occur.
Again, my gratitude for all that you have done - and continue to do on
behalf of DHH, ESL and remedial reading groups. You are the best!
I especially want to thank the countless people who over the years have
contributed their time and effort to InSight Cinema. Without them, many
things would not have been possible.
Warmly,
Nanci Linke-Ellis
