{"id":59424,"date":"2021-11-09T16:30:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=59424"},"modified":"2021-12-02T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:46:06","slug":"accessible-deaf-film-rebels-against-what-youre-told-deafness-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2021\/11\/09\/accessible-deaf-film-rebels-against-what-youre-told-deafness-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible performance film rebels against \u2018What you\u2019re told deafness is\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Not Sorry<\/em>, a film by Stephanie Back, explores her experience of becoming Deaf at 15 and &#8216;rebirth&#8217; after discovering British Sign Language<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1024x513.jpg\" alt=\"Deaf actress Stephanie Back performing in 'Not Sorry' film.\" class=\"wp-image-59466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-770x386.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1366x684.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1400x701.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1024x513.jpg\" alt=\"Deaf actress Stephanie Back performing in 'Not Sorry' film.\" class=\"wp-image-59466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-770x386.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1366x684.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3-1400x701.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-38-scaled-1500x751-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>&#8216;Not Sorry&#8217; was directed by Elise Davison. Credit: Stephanie Back, Alistair Daly\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new performance film about an actress\u2019 experience of becoming Deaf at 15 and her &#8220;rebirth&#8221; after learning British Sign Language (BSL), premieres online this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Not Sorry<\/em>, featuring Welsh language learner, Stephanie Back from Taking Flight theatre company, explores her discovery of BSL and subsequent \u201cbreaking free\u201d from society\u2019s negative perceptions of deafness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/\">Taking Flight,<\/a><strong> <\/strong>a Deaf-inclusive theatre company, and <a href=\"https:\/\/artesmundi.org\/\">Artes Mundi,<\/a><strong> <\/strong>a visual arts organisation in Wales. It will be available to watch for free on their websites between 12 November &#8211; 12 December, 2021 and will be fully accessible to people who are Deaf or hard of hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Back performing in 'Not Sorry'.\" class=\"wp-image-59467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1150x768.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1618x1080.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1400x935.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Back performing in 'Not Sorry'.\" class=\"wp-image-59467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1150x768.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1618x1080.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/20210929_takingflight-33-scaled-1-1400x935.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Artes Mundi brings international art to Wales.&nbsp;Credit: Stephanie Back, Alistair Daly&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 575,000 people with hearing loss in Wales, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hearing-Matters-report-_-Wales-Supplement.pdf\">2020 report <\/a>from the Royal <a href=\"https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/\">National Institute <\/a>for Deaf People. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Stephanie feels this group is not catered for by the <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2020\/12\/17\/how-welsh-theatre-is-creating-a-powerful-formula-for-change\/\">Welsh theatre<\/a> scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, she established the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/youth-theatre\/\">youth theatre group<\/a> for actors who are Deaf or hard of hearing in Wales. While she is proud of this achievement, it is also representative of the lack of accessible training opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf a young Deaf or disabled person cannot get into youth theatres, where is their passion going to ignite?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Stephanie, theatre has been an important medium to express her identity as a Deaf person and a BSL user. <em>Not Sorry<\/em> will reflect the beautiful, rich culture of deafness and what BSL means to her as a \u201clanguage without barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has enjoyed the opportunity to contradict traditional expectations of deafness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, \u201cWhen I first went Deaf, all I was given was an audiogram that I had \u2018failed\u2019. It told me nothing of my identity as a Deaf person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis piece gave me the opportunity to explore breaking free from what you\u2019re told deafness is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Not all Deaf people use BSL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many different methods of communication. 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