This
screenwriter used sign language in her
Oscar acceptance speech, fulfilling a promise to the film’s 6-year-old lead actress
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At the
2018 Academy Awards ceremony, the Short Film (Live Action)
Oscar went to
"The Silent Child". In her
acceptance speech, Rachel Shenton
used sign language, keeping the promise that she made to the film's profoundly deaf six-year-old lead actress, Maisie Rose Sly.
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