I would like to share with you some exciting information that I recently received from Daniel Pinnell, Executive Director of We the Deaf People, an independent civil-rights advocacy group.
The Connecticut Open Captions Chapter of the National Open Captions Network (NOCN) – who supports We the Deaf People of Connecticut and Deaf People United of Connecticut – is working hard to bring open captioning back to our local movie theaters in Connecticut. Their mission is to allow the Deaf and Hard of hearing to watch a movie without having to deal with closed caption decoding glasses or any other devices.
Here are their upcoming open caption viewings of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle for this weekend:
Friday, December 29th
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
6:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. at the Regal Stonington 10
85 Voluntown Road, Pawcatuck, CT
Saturday, December 30th
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
10:40 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. at the Bow Tie Cinemas Palace 17
330 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the Cinepolis West Hartford
42 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT
Sunday, December 31st
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
10:40 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. at the Bow Tie Cinemas Palace 17
330 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3:30 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. at the Cinepolis West Hartford
42 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT
Monday, January 1st
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3:30 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. at the Cinepolis West Hartford
42 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT
To recommend the presentation of a movie, vote on a movie, or check the Open Captions movie schedule, please visit the Connecticut Open Captions Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/groups/connecticutoc. you may also contact the chapter at nocn@wtdp.org.
Please pass this information along to anyone who may benefit. Thank you!