To celebrate National Deaf History Month, Disney is releasing three musical numbers from its films that have been reanimated in American Sign Language in a collection called Songs in Sign Language. The sequences will debut on Disney Plus on April 27, but we’re getting an early look at what’s in store.
The ASL sequences include some of the biggest songs from Disney’s biggest recent animated films: We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto, The Next Right Thing from Frozen 2 and Beyond from Moana 2. Animator and director Hyrum Osmond is helming the project, along with producers Heather Blodget and Christina Chen. The team collaborated with artistic director DJ Kurs and Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles to create the reimagined sequences.
On Monday, several outlets shared previews of the upcoming project. Here’s a clip of We Don’t Talk About Bruno, posted by Daps Magic:
And another of The Next Right Thing:
And here’s
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