The hit movie “CODA” is not just entertaining audiences. It’s also sending a powerful message.
The film follows a CODA, which stands for “child of deaf adults,” whose dream of following her passion for singing comes into conflict with her family’s struggling fishing business. The movie is nominated for three Academy Awards, including best picture and. It also stars Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, who says the film is important.
“When I saw the script, it was gold,” she said while appearing Friday on TODAY with co-stars Kotsur, Emilia Jones and Daniel Durant. “I saw gold in it and it’s something I’ve been waiting for for 35 years for something like this. "And I was truly excited that it was really happening and I thank Sian Heder, who wrote the script and directed the movie, and for so many years I’ve been saying to people there are deaf actors out there. I’m not the only one. So, now I can say I’m not alone anymore.”Matlin, who won an Academy Award for “Children of a Lesser God,” says she hopes having real deaf actors headline a movie signals a shift in cinema.
“I call the deaf people in the background tokenism, not to put down anybody in the past who might’ve created roles and played deaf actors,” she said. “But I don’t think we’ve ever seen three authentic deaf actors carrying a film like we do in this movie. And it should’ve been this way for the longest time. And, hopefully, it’ll be this way forever.”
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