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Sinners will hit Max with a version translated into Black American Sign Language
When Sinners becomes available to stream on Max, it will be alongside a new version of the film interpreted in BASL.
Besides confidently straddling a line between genre B-movie and thoughtful meditation on race in America, Sinners shines because of its commitment to cultural specificity. While most people could make do with closed captions and subtitles, interpreting a film or TV show captures the nuances of performance that aren't normally communicated in text. Discovery has been slowly building a library of ASL-versions of its films and TV shows: Both Barbie and the two available seasons of The Last of Us can be viewed with an ASL interpretation.
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