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# The Accessibility Angle on Movies I'd Never Considered
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-accessibility-angle-on-movies-id-never-considered/
- Published: 2023-01-13T00:00:18.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-13T00:00:18.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Kathi Wolfe: A Smirk, a Smile, a Clenched Fist: What the Movies Taught Me to See](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/legally-blind-movies.html?ref=birchtree.me)

> At the movies, for the first time, close to the giant silver screen, I could see clenched fists, grimaces, smiles, nods and other expressions and gestures. Back in the day, I would have had no idea of what a life hack was. But that’s what movies have been for me.

I'm gonna be honest, I had never really considered the accessibility angle of movies, but it makes me love them even more.

Also:

> My everyday life, like that of everyone I’ve ever known, isn’t like the movies. I’m not, like Norma Desmond, getting ready for my close-up. I’ve had some lovely romances but never as magical as in “The Philadelphia Story.” I have moments of existential dread. But I’m not Laurence Olivier in “Hamlet.”

This is what I love about movies myself; they let me experience something distinct from my day-to-day life in a very visceral way. I know different media does this for different people, but movies have always connected with me and have helped me have more empathy for people with experiences unlike my own.