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Tobias Forest Wins Best Actor Award
He will be presented with the Best Acting Award at this year's Media Access Awards, hosted by Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur.
He will be presented with the Best Acting Award at this year's Media Access Awards, hosted by Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur.
The Media Access Awards was founded by Norman Lear to celebrate positive disability representation in film and television.
The show, presented by nonprofit disability services provider Easterseals Southern California and founded by the legendary Norman Lear in 1979, will air Dec. 3 on KCET, and Dec. 15 on PBS SoCal, marking the first time an awards show focused on celebrating disability representation will air on broadcast TV. With CODA stars Matlin and Kotsur on board, it will also mark the first time two deaf performers have hosted an awards telecast together.
The annual Media Access Awards recognizes depictions of disability in all media that are accurate, inclusive, and multi-faceted. Our awards ceremony honors industry professionals who have advanced disability-related narratives in fields including writing, producing, casting, performance, and directing.
The Media Access Awards and its partner Easterseals Disability Services — the nation’s largest disability services provider — are invested in changing the way people with disabilities are viewed by impacting entertainment industry portrayals of a community of 61 million Americans, that is too often invisible.
The Media Access Awards was founded by Norman Lear to celebrate positive disability representation in film and television.
The show, presented by nonprofit disability services provider Easterseals Southern California and founded by the legendary Norman Lear in 1979, will air Dec. 3 on KCET, and Dec. 15 on PBS SoCal, marking the first time an awards show focused on celebrating disability representation will air on broadcast TV. With CODA stars Matlin and Kotsur on board, it will also mark the first time two deaf performers have hosted an awards telecast together.
The annual Media Access Awards recognizes depictions of disability in all media that are accurate, inclusive, and multi-faceted. Our awards ceremony honors industry professionals who have advanced disability-related narratives in fields including writing, producing, casting, performance, and directing.
The Media Access Awards and its partner Easterseals Disability Services — the nation’s largest disability services provider — are invested in changing the way people with disabilities are viewed by impacting entertainment industry portrayals of a community of 61 million Americans, that is too often invisible.
