Kate Winslet Backs 14-Year-Old's Cinema Access Campaign After 140-Mile Trip
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Kate Winslet Backs 14-Year-Old's Cinema Access Campaign After 140-Mile Trip
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Summary
Kate Winslet surprised 14-year-old Eryn with a video call after learning the blind fan had made a 140-mile round trip to watch The Magic Faraway Tree with audio description.
Eryn, from County Fermanagh, said the three-hour journey was necessary because her family could find only one cinema offering audio-description headsets; her nearby Enniskillen cinema does not provide them.
Winslet, producer Dame Pippa Harris and screenwriter Simon Farnaby used the call to press for wider access, saying cinemas should offer audio-described versions so no child has to travel that far again.
Eryn said the Oscar winner's support could help her campaign be taken more seriously, while the British Film Institute called her case a reminder of how hard accessible screenings remain to find.