Ep. 20: Up Close with Michele Spitz, Audio Description Grant Provider And Narrator

11/15/23 • 45 min

Lee and Alex chat with Michele Spitz, a speaker, philanthropist, audio, describer, and grant provider for filmmakers. In this episode, Michele discusses her journey into the audio description world, and the way she has been able to advance accessibility for blind and low vision viewers.
Michele Spitz's Woman of Her Word website:
https://www.womanofherword.com/

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The Dark Room - Ep. 20: Up Close with Michele Spitz, Audio Description Grant Provider And Narrator

Transcript

Lee Pugsley
What's up film world? Welcome back to Episode 20 of The Dark Room, where two blind cinephiles illuminate the sighted. I'm Lee Pugsley.
Alex Howard
I'm Alex Howard.
Lee Pugsley
And this is a podcast hosted by two legally blind guys for film lovers of all abilities. We have a very special guest today. Alex, why don't you tell us who we have on the show?
Alex Howard
Yeah, so today we have Michele Spitz on the show. She is a Woman of Her Word, is her company. M