Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route available with accessibility for viewers with sensory disabilities
The New Day Films Documentary Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route is now available for all. The documentary has audio description, English captions, and Spanish subtitles so viewers who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired can also enjoy it.
Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route is a documentary by Pam Sporn. She follows the Detroit mail carrier, Wendell Watkins, along his route. He is a warm and caring man, that has a long-time connection with his customers. Wendell leads Pam to the customers he thought had the most interesting stories about Detroit. Their stories are combined with fantastic archival images.
The documentary explores the rise, demise, and resurgence of America's "motor city" through the voices of the community. It also features the labor organizer General Baker, Historian Thomas Sugrue, and Urban Planner June Manning Thomas. They provide a thread of analysis and historical context for the documentary.
Detroit 48202 touches the topics of segregation, racist housing policies, urban planning, equitable development, labor history, and capital flight, among others. It also proposes creative ways to re-imagine an inclusive, productive, equitable and re-invigorated city.
For Pam, who used to live in the city, the documentary is her love letter to Detroit.
Detroit 48202 has been broadcast nationally on America Reframed on PBS’s World Channel, as well as local PBS stations that carry World Channel. It is still streaming on PBS.org and in the streaming platform Kanopy, and it is distributed by New Day Films.
Regardless of where you watch the documentary, you can always use the Access4All app to access audio description, English captions, and Spanish subtitles. Follow the instructions below to learn how to use Access4All to watch Detroit 48202 with accessibility.
1. Download the Access4All from the App Store or Google Play Store.
2. Watch the documentary on your TV, another device or a computer. Don't use headphones since the app must 'listen' to the audio of the documentary to identify it.
3. On the app, select "Start" and then select "Press here to synchronize."
4. Once the app is synchronized, choose the accessibility element you want to use.
5. Enjoy the documentary with accessibility.
Sources:
- Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route. New Day Films. Retrieved from https://www.newday.com/film/detroit-48202-conversations-along-postal-route
- Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route. American Documentary. Retrieved from https://www.amdoc.org/watch/detroit-48202/
Audio description for this documentary is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, under project H327C15009 “Captions and Video Description: Educational Tools for Hispanic Children with Disabilities.”.