From:	Selwyn Hoffmann 
Sent:	Thursday, 3 December 2009 2:48 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	MEDIA CINEMA ACCESS 

To Whom It May Concern,


I received an important message from Art Access Victoria via It’s webpage that the four giants 
cinema companies  requesting exemption from the Disability Discrimination  Act for a period of 
two and half years  to prevent an Australian to appeal the complain about the provision of 
captioning and audio description runs by the four giants companies to the Human Rights 
Commission. 

My name Selwyn and I am one of Australian Deaf  community and I am share with the members 
of the community are frustration to able see the new release films with captioned available only 
on Wednesday mornings, Friday evenings and Sundays in only three or four locations in 
Melbourne. 

From today, Hoyts, Village, Greater Union and Reading Cinemas dominating Australia with 
41,370 screenings per week only 0.3% of screenings will be captioned and audio described.

I work, vote and pay the tax to Australia and I used some dollars from my wage to purchase the 
ticket to see the captioned film.

If the exemption born at sunrise, I could to be a victim last for two and half Orwellian years and I 
should to select “English for hearing impairment” from the menu of a feature film six months 
after world premier of feature film. I want to go to cinema to see the captioned film for my 
enjoyment at first day of new release film not DVD.  

I am to object to Hoyts, Village, Greater Union and Reading for requesting exemption for a 
period of two and half years. 



Selwyn Hoffmann