Friday, April 19, 2024
Compensation - ASL/OC
Walker Art Center-
Fri., April 19 at 7:00 pm
- ASL Interpretation
- Scripted Captioning
- Assisted Listening Devices
- This film has open captions. The introduction and Q&A will have ASL interpretation.
Location
- Accessible Entrance
- Accessible Parking Designated
- Accessible Restrooms
- Accessible Seating
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Courtesy Wheelchairs
- Elevator to all public areas
Schedule and Tickets
Tickets to the film can be purchased online: $15, senior $12, student/personal care assistant free. Assistive listening devices are available at the Main Lobby desk for most film screenings. ALDs play the film’s audio track through headphones. Each side has a separate and adjustable volume setting. For seating that doesn’t require the use of stairs, enter the Cinema through the left-side door. Accessible seating is situated at the back of the house, with clear views of the screen and stage. The area is elevated slightly above the tiered seating and can accommodate two wheelchairs. As space is limited, reservations are encouraged. Please call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org for availability. Accessible restrooms near the Cinema are located in two areas. There are two all-gender, single-user restrooms with manual doors to the left of the restaurant, across from the Cinema. There are gendered, multi-stall restrooms behind the Main Lobby desk, accessible by elevator (level LL). Vineland Place parking meters provide four-hour options for vehicles with disability license plates or certificates. Accessible parking in the underground ramp is designated near the elevator and entrance. To get to the Cinema from the parking ramp, follow the P1 (level 1) hallway (look for the large “WALKER” sign) into the Main Lobby. Services such as Metro Mobility should be instructed to drop off and pick up passengers at 725 Vineland Place. There is a disability transfer zone by the main entrance on Vineland Place. For accessibility questions, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.
About the Show
April 19, 2024
by Zeinabu irene Davis
Zeinabu irene Davis’s debut feature film takes place across two parallel narratives set in Chicago at the beginning and end of the 20th century. Each tale is a love story between a Deaf woman and a hearing man and their navigations of not only the language barrier between American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English but the racism, audism, and other obstacles in their lives. Using ASL as well as filmmaking devices from the silent film era, Compensation imagines an inventive approach to a bilingual film that makes visible the creative efforts and necessary work of accessibility, essential to meaningful communication. 1999, 16mm, b/w, US, in English with subtitles and American Sign Language, 95 min.
16mm collection print courtesy the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
A conversation with Alison O’Daniel and Zeinabu irene Davis follows the screening.