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Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind fencer, hiker, published author

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This short film is an extended look at some of the themes explored in American Masters – Becoming Helen Keller, and hopes to provide an updated representation of modern DeafBlind role models today. Elsa Sjunneson is a DeafBlind professor and media critic, skilled fencer and hiker, and published author who has written for Marvel Comics. She is a Hugo Award and Aurora Award winner.

If you’d like to experience this film with audio description, open captions and ASL interpretation, watch here.

You can watch this film with extended audio description here.