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From Locker rooms to Handigang, disability is no longer hidden on television

2022-05-06T18:34:24.328Z


DECRYPTION – A weak link in the debates on diversity, the subject is finally beginning to mobilize channels and platforms under the pressure of a few pioneers and Hollywood advances.


This is one of the tough blind spots in diversity debates.

While channels and platforms have made efforts to increase the visibility of women in front of and behind the camera and of talents from minorities, disability remains marginal in the PAF.

According to the barometer of the representation of French society, established each year by the CSA, only 0.6% of people appearing on screen are disabled.

And this small proportion is visible above all in fiction.

This thanks to emblematic creators.

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This short 3-minute series chronicles the discussions of members of a disabled swimming club.

“We had never seen a soap opera with a majority of disabled actors.

Around the swimming pool, the handicap is shown to better be forgotten.

The spectators discovered a universe less “gore” than they imagined

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