From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Oscar-winning actress Marley Matlin is usually the only deaf person on a set.

Speaking through her interpreter, Jack Jason Matlin says she realized what she's been missing when she made Coda,

a breakthrough film featuring deaf actors.

I mean, listen, I'm the one typically going to my trailer by myself, and it's just me and my interpreter.

But in all honesty, I never thought of it until I got a set of CODA.

And I realized, oh, wait a minute, there's a whole different world out there.

I've been missing all this time, realizing that here I am on the set of Coda in my element at lunchtime because everybody

is signing. The hearing crew, they're signing, there's deaf cast members, and most importantly

our director, learned sign language. That director, Sean Hater and Matlin, tell us about making

their family drama Coda, which scored a record-breaking deal at Sundance last year

and has already made history.

For the first time, a film featuring a deaf cast

has been nominated for outstanding performance at the SAG Awards.

Still, Hater and Matlin tell us the industry is nowhere near

where it should be in terms of accessibility.

But first we banter.

Stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

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