Movie theaters across DC are offering select showtimes in open captions. Bring your family and friends to enjoy these showtimes at participating movie theaters around the District.
A showtime in open captions means the text of the dialogue and descriptions of other sound effects are displayed on the movie screen and visible throughout the entire movie, much like the subtitles of a foreign film.
Yes! Movie theaters in DC offer personal captioning devices at no cost to our guests that can be used for any movie that comes with closed captioning capability. Check individual showtime listings for which movies are available with closed captions. Theater staff are happy to assist you in obtaining and setting up a personal captioning device.
Movie theaters in DC offer headsets for audio description at no cost to our guests that can be used for any movie that comes with audio description capability. Check individual showtime listings for which movies are available with audio description. Movie theaters also offer headsets for assistive listening, which can be used with any film. Theater staff are happy to assist you in obtaining and setting up a headset.