FRONTLINE Produces ASL Videos for Podcast Series: “Breakdown: Turning Anguish into Action”
The acclaimed PBS investigative documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, announced it has, for the first time, published American Sign Language (ASL)-interpreted videos for each episode of its podcast Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action, a six-part series in collaboration with Maine Public Radio and the Portland Press Herald.
Publishing the innovative ASL-interpreted videos is part of an effort by FRONTLINE, Maine Public Radio and the Portland Press Herald to make this award-winning investigative podcast accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing community. The videos are available now on FRONTLINE’s website and on the PBS series’ YouTube channel.
Breakdown examined the deadly 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, and the aftermath for shooting victims, some of whom were deaf and hard of hearing. The shooting is believed to be the worst mass shooting of deaf people in U.S. history, and as the series reports, deaf victims and their families faced both accessibility constraints and communication and information barriers in the aftermath.
