The 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival will present a free encore screening of the program “What Are Words For?” on Sunday, April 7, 4  p.m. at the Michigan Theater.  The program, curated by Professor Darrin Martin, is available now in the online festival through April 7. 

“What Are Words For?” considers ways in which an array of artists, most of whom identify in some way as disabled and/or D/deaf, redefine the tropes of accessible media accommodations. By activating unexpected usages of open captions and/or audio description, these works transcend notions of disability access as an afterthought by building worlds beyond the scope of translation. Narrative, performance, communication, misinterpretation, and play are unexpectedly nuanced and call upon the potential of language and text to bridge intersubjective experiences.