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This is the most magical thing Disney's made in a long time

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(Image credit: Disney) If you work in the creative industries, you'll be familiar with the diversity and inclusion conversation. You've probably sat in workshops, updated guidelines, and nodded along to values statements that contain a lot of words, but commit to very little. So when a major entertainment company actually does something real, it's worth pausing to appreciate it. To mark National Deaf History Month, Disney + has released Songs in Sign Language : three reimagined musical sequences from Frozen 2, Encanto and Moana 2, each reanimated in American Sign Language (ASL) in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre, a Tony Award-winning company based in Los Angeles. Article continues below (Image credit: Disney) The project was driven by veteran Disney animator Hyrum Osmond, whose father is deaf. "The inspiration came from my dad," he explains. "He was always very supportive of my career, and he'd always watch my movies with subtitles.…

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