What this site can do
Audio description we write and produce ourselves, on film we restore ourselves. Free to watch — no account, no subscription, no ads. And a few things no other streaming service does, because they can only be done by someone who is allowed to change the film.
Why us and not them. Every other service licenses its films, and a license lets you show a film, not touch it. Ours are public domain or restored by us. So we can add a description track, mark the moments that flash, and let you choose which of them you hear — and they legally cannot. The films below are marked with exactly where each feature stands today.
Audio description, on request
Status: Live
13 of our restorations carry a description track we wrote and recorded ourselves, placed in the real pauses of the dialogue. On any film we serve, a Describe this film button lets you ask for one; the Most Wanted list shows what people have asked for, in the open, and each request is checked by hand before it is queued. Asking puts a film on the list — it does not promise a date.
The Sensory Guide
Status: Live
We measure the file itself for flashing sequences and sudden loud moments — the strobe, the jump scare, the stinger — and mark every one. You choose what happens at each: a warning, a dimmed picture, a muted second, or a skip. Your choice, remembered, and it changes the film for nobody but you. 36 of our masters are mapped, and 121 catalog films measured straight from the Archive, front page first.
Captions
Status: Archive titles now; ours next
Where the Internet Archive has transcribed a film, you get the captions and we tell you they are machine-made. Our own restorations carry broadcast-standard captions — 42 characters, two lines, held long enough to read: 12 of our 13 restorations have them.
Restoration you can see
Status: Live
13 films restored from the rough prints that survive, and every one says what was done to it — the de-interlace, the denoise, the levelled sound — rather than passing off a re-encode as a restoration. See them.
Why these films are ours to publish
Status: Live
Before we touch a film we establish that it is in the public domain in the United States, and we write down how we know: the registration number, the renewal volumes searched and the years they cover, the reference works consulted. Every one of those records is published, in full, so anyone can check it. It is the reason we can add a description track at all — a license lets you show a film, not change it.
Verified to play
Status: Live
Every title on the front page had its actual video file opened and checked to be the feature — not the listing, the file. No trailers filed as films, no dead links, no page that plays something else.
Watch together, each your own way
Status: Live
One film, in sync, from a link — and each person in the room picks their own audio description, captions and sensory settings. A blind viewer and a sighted one watch the same film at the same time, each the way they need it. Nobody has built that, because nobody else holds the tracks separately. Open any film on the site, press Watch together, and send the link; no account for anyone.
Notes on the film
Status: Live
Time-coded notes laid on the film: where a shot was reused, what a librarian would tell you, a content note at the exact second. Written by us and by viewers, moderated, and exportable for a museum. Open any film, press Add a note here at the moment you mean; a person reads it before anyone else sees it, and the approved notes export as a timed text track any museum player reads.
Fund the film
Status: Live
Put a few dollars toward a specific restoration or description — on any film, from its player — and get your name in the film’s notes when it ships. What each kind of work costs is stated on the film; what has come in is shown the same way. The card is taken on Stripe’s page, never here.