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I’ve often felt visual communicators have superhero-like qualities.

— Emilio Insolera

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Source: As quoted in “Sign Gene”: Emilio Insolera on Creating the World’s First Deaf Superhero Film(November 1, 2018)Tokyo Weekender)
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