On Sunday, March 6th the 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards took place near the windy but sunny Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.
CODA follows “Ruby [is] the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. At 17, she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school’s choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing.”
A feel-good dramedy with a twist on the coming of age story, ‘CODA’ is familiar but effective
On Thursday, January 16th, the short film Feeling Through, by Doug Roland, hosted a live accessible Q&A with Roland, the stars of the film, the CEO of Hellen Keller Services, and the executive producers, via YouTube.