BALTIMORE — For two months in the fall of 2019, Amaree McKenstry-Hall was followed by cameras. That’s because he — and the rest of his high school football team — are the subjects of “Audible,” a film competing Sunday in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category of this year’s Oscars.
The 38-minute film shot largely at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick also serves as a memorial to Theodore “Teddy” Webster, a teammate who died by suicide in 2017 after transferring from the school.
“I did notice some people around me acting differently, being more friendly to me and trying to get some attention,” McKenstry-Hall wrote in an email in response to a question about his experience on set. “However, as time went on, I became used to it, and it did not bother me as much. In the end, I felt it was worth doing because I had the chance to show my own story.”
