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American Masters: Renegades

Renegades: Five people with disabilities who changed history with ASL & Open Captioning

Renegades

(US, 2024, 60 min)
Renegades is a series of five 12-minute short films showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities, exploring not only their impact on and contributions to U.S. society, but also the concept of disability culture, which honors the uniqueness of disability.

Renegades, American Masters’s latest short documentary series, celebrates the legacies of historical trailblazers with disabilities. Not only does the series champion these cultural icons, but also more than 90% of the RENEGADES production team identify as being an individual with a disability.

In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month and as part of American Masters’s Visibility, Inclusion and Accessibility (VIA) Initiative, new episodes of Renegades are released every Tuesday in October on the American Masters YouTube channel, PBS App and PBS.org and here on this page.

EDUCATORS: Renegades Collection and Support materials in PBS LearningMedia

Renegades Episodes

Artwork of white woman with dwarfism wearing a red dress and holding a book, standing on the surface of Mars with the galaxy behind her. Text reads: Judy-Lynn del Rey’s Del Rey Books sold 4.5 million copies of the first Star Wars novel months before the film franchise even began.

Renegades: Judy-Lynn del Rey: The Galaxy Gal – On-Demand

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Artwork of Asian man without his right arm wearing a Hawaiian lei around his neck, standing in front of campaign posters and the U.S. Capitol building.

Renegades: Daniel K. Inouye: Life of Service – On-Demand

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Artwork of Black woman kissing a Black baby, with a mural of archival images and cityscape in the background. from RENEGADES Celestine Tate Harrington Building a Legacy

Renegades: Celestine Tate Harrington: Building a Legacy – On-Demand

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Thomas Wiggins: Composing the Future: A Black Man in a Purple Suit Sitting at a Grand Piano in a Concert Hall

Renegades: Thomas Wiggins: Composing the Future – On-Demand

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Brad Lomax, a black man sitting in a wheelchair with a city scape in the background

Renegades: Brad Lomax: Creating Communities of Care On-Demand

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Episodes: The five individuals to be profiled in Renegades are:

Judy-Lynn Del Rey: The Galaxy Gal (1943-1986) Available 10/1/24

Daniel K. Inouye: Life of Service (1924-2012) Available 10/8/24

Celestine Tate Harrington: Building A Legacy (1955-1998) Available 10/15/24

Thomas Wiggins: Composing the Future (1849-1908) Available 10/22/24

Brad Lomax: Creating Communities of Care (1950-1984)

Each episode when released will be available in three additional formats:

  • Captioned
  • Open Captioned with On-Screen American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Extended audio description and large open captions

Audio Description (AD) or Descriptive Video Service (DVS) is a secondary audio track that describes what’s appearing on screen during a video. As part of making PBS more accessible, this option is made available to audiences who are blind or visually impaired. Not every video on the PBS and PBS KIDS sites and apps offers AD. To find all videos with AD, please visit PBS Audio Described Videos to search and get help with activating AD on various devices. You can use the filter options on the left side of the page to filter by show and video type. Once in the video play window, go to the lower right of the window to toggle through the icons to choose options such as extended audio description, captioning, on-Screen American Sign Language (ASL) when available.

Screen capture of the lower part of the video window to allow turning on accessibility features

PBS Audio Described Program List QR Code

PBS Audio Described Program List QR Code

Youtube Playlist: Navigate the Playlist on the far right (1/13)

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