Best Of: Actors Marlee Matlin And Troy Kotsur Make Movie History In 'CODA'

This year, CODA won three Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. "CODA" takes us into the world of the close-knit Rossi family. Jackie and Frank are happily married with one adult son and a daughter about to graduate high school. But money is tight where they live, a fishing town on Massachusetts' coast. Finding a way to make ends meet is even harder as a deaf family.So they rely on the only hearing person in their family, their daughter Ruby, to help them for practically everything. Marlee Matlin stars as Jackie Rossi. She received an Academy Award for her role in "Children of a Lesser God" in 1987 and is the only deaf actor to have won an Oscar. Troy Kotsur stars as Frank Rossi. He recently became the first male deaf actor to be nominated for a SAG Award. We revisit our conversation with Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur about authentic representation of deaf culture in Hollywood and why this film breaks barriers. Their interpreters were Jack Jason and Justin Maurer. A transcript is available here. Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.