Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...

This is the first time a streaming platform has debuted a film interpreted in BASL. The film, set in Clarksdale, Mississippi, stars Michael B. Jordan and was screened there after a viral open letter.