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Tonight premieres Fire Through Dry Grass, a film part of the POV's 36th season on PBS. The Audio description (AD) for the film was created by #Dicapta with the support of the the United States' Department of Education. About the film: Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, the Reality Poets aren’t typical nursing home residents. In Fire Through Dry Grass, these young, Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during Covid, their rhymes underscoring the danger and imprisonment they feel. In the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased. Watch it on your local PBS station tonight at 10 p.m. ET or stream online on PBS.org and the PBS App, available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO. Accessibility elements will be available through the accessibility menu of your cable box (look for Audio, MTS, or SAP). If you are using streaming, follow PBS's instructions to access them. And lastly, you can always use #All4Access! To know more about the documentary and POVs content, visit: https://lnkd.in/dPPseCGw #FireThroughDryGrass #Tv #Documentary #AccessibleContent #Audiodescription #Accessibility #POV #PBS

HOMESPUN is now available on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) so if you’re looking for something to watch on this long weekend be sure to head to https://lnkd.in/g3AFy2zT to check it out! As someone who grew up on a diet of ABC TV it’s such an exciting milestone to see our show alongside such incredible titles...what a joy! In HOMESPUN I wanted to create something that went against the grain - no boy meets girl bush romance, none of the overdone tropes and caricatures we see time and time again. I wanted it to be fast paced, dynamic, different – a show that respected the audience by encouraging them to join the dots in a format that is atypical, non-sequential, unconventional. Given structure is often so set in stone we knew this would be confronting, and we were deliberate in wanting to give audiences agency. Our intent was to relinquish the desire to control the audience’s interpretation and let them make sense of the world in a way that is meaningful to them...meaningful to you. In this age of mindless scrolling, digital overload, content clutter we want you to have to do a little bit of work in your navigation of the story when you step into the world. In HOMESPUN, beautiful artistic animations are threaded through out and there are so many little gems of meaning that have been meticulously planted for people to find as they frolic through the experience. The desire to make something out of the box influenced how we made HOMESPUN – we chased creative freedom so that we could forge a refreshed way of looking at the regions. It’s not perfect. It’s a like a jar of homemade jam. It’s not a mass market, preservative laden, factory generated, off-the-shelf sugary sales winner. It’s rustic and chunky, slightly tart, and slightly sweet but it’s made from a bespoke handwritten recipe and it’s laden with love. We made it like this so you can see the possibilities – where we can go to with these kinds of stories…the people you can meet, the ideas you can explore, the music you can enjoy, the places, faces and stories that we could expand on if we were trusted to dial them up with the kind of support that could help the recipe be replicated. Just like jam, it’s not for everyone…we made if for regional Australians who routinely get the p*ss taken but who never get to take the p*ss themselves. We hope you enjoy our labour of love!

🆘'As a society, we need to be talking about parent-ing.' 🚸If we don't change things dramatically now, children will continue to fall behind their milestones, even when the effects of Covid are out of the public eye. 🔜 As a society, we need to prioritise #EarlyYears and take urgent action to help children now. 👀 Watch from 1h20 https://bit.ly/3TI8YUz #EarlyYears #SchoolReadiness

Old People’s Home For Teenagers returns this Tuesday 3 October 8.30pm on ABC iview and ABC TV. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) The new season brings back two generations, seniors and teens, showing how these unlikely friendships can improve people's health and happiness and break down age divides. Digital inclusion and teaching digital skills are frequent topics during the show. #oldpeoplehomeforteenagers #digitalinclusion #digitalaccess #australia

You can watch my recent interview on child custody on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/d6-6yEyx In this interview, we explore the intricacies of child custody, shared parenting responsibilities, and the rights of fathers in this context. It's a topic close to my heart, and I believe you'll find the discussion both informative and thought-provoking. Thank you for joining me in this important conversation. #ChildCustody #ParentalRights #FamilyLaw #YouTubeInterview #LegalInsights #Subscribe #Engage #Feedback #LinkedInCommunity

It’s easy to mind your own business. It takes a little more effort to mind the community. But doesn’t the feeling of having something in common, something that connects us, make it all worthwhile? In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in our own lives and challenges. Yet, there’s a powerful magic in recognizing and nurturing the connections we share with those around us. It’s these shared experiences and commonalities that can bridge divides and foster a sense of belonging and understanding. The video “All That We Share” by TV2 beautifully encapsulates this idea. It highlights how, despite our differences, we have so much in common that can bring us together. This poignant reminder encourages us to look beyond our individual circumstances and see the collective human experience. https://lnkd.in/g7SxES4u

Well done Epilepsy Action for your latest TV advert, educating others on what CARE to take when someone is having a seizure. 💗 Comfort, Action, Reassure, Emergency #epilepsyaction #epilepsyawareness #epilepsy

https://lnkd.in/e_ePrzCS It's the Children's (CBBC/CBeebies) and Schools departments (Bitesize/Teach) that I always like to focus on here! 🙂🚸🎒 Especially during a time (for decades!) when such programming was being broadcast throughout daytime and after-school on BBC1/2, they always really were in a unique position when it comes to both educational material and general 'edutainment', compared with book publishers like D.K. and Usborne, and simple 'entertainment' brands like Disney, Nintendo and Lego! 📚🎨🎮🪀 If it's true that the BBC will never reach that level of daily relevancy for kids like it had in the past, then it's those book publishers and kid-friendly brands that are going to have to carry that BBC-level weight of moral responsibility, not just for these private companies to make a good profit! 🙂📈 #edutainment #kidsmedia #kidsbrands #kidsindustry #publicbroadcasting #PSB