11/15/2024
For the second year in a row, International Digital Centre, Inc. is honored and proud to be presented with American Council Of The Blind “People Choice Award” for the Audio Description of “All the Light We Cannot See.“
Based on the best selling book, “All the Light We Cannot See” revolves around Marie-Laure LeBlanc played by Aria Mia Loberti, a blind girl living in Paris during WWII. As fits the material, this project featured the most involvement from members of the disability community than any other IDC has created thus far.
Fern Lulham did a wonderful job narrating the audio tracks, both for the series itself as well as all of the additional trailers & marketing supplementals.
Joe Strechay and his assistant Cara Lee Hrdlitschka did a thorough pass on the AD scripts, giving detailed feedback on the specific ways the main character Marie navigates her world, as well as the technology she used (including her canes and Braille writer), so the description could be more specific about those moments.
Haben Girma provided a thorough reading of our Descriptive Transcript (IDC's first ever!) and contributed feedback that helped smooth out and clarify key scenes.
Star Aria Mia Loberti, not only gave notes on the AD script, but also narrated our Audio Introduction (https://rb.gy/ut2dpz) - the first-ever commissioned by a streaming platform. She included some behind-the-scenes info on both scripts as well!
A huge congratulations to everyone involved, especially our CEO Marcy Gilbert, our Director of Audio Description Eric Wickstrom, and Head Writer Liz Gutman without whom this groundbreaking project could not have been made possible.