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AMI to debut docuseries Breaking Character

TORONTO — Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), in partnership with Toronto-based production company Winterhouse Films Inc., announced today the new 10-part documentary series Breaking Character will debut Wednesday, April 27 at 8 p.m. ET on AMI-tv. The docuseries explores disability representation on screen through the eyes of six performers living with disabilities, explains an AMI press release. “In the past decade, less than three percent of films featured a character with a disability. And, often, these rarest of roles have been taken by neuro-typical and able-bodied actors,” the release says. “But the industry is at a tipping point as it feels...