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"Victor Abbou is an invaluable witness to the period in France which is called the Deaf Awakening. His story is a treasure trove of archival material of that period, as he was one of the trailblazers in so many fields: actor, activist, trainer and teacher of future interpreters studying at the university. In doing all of this, he created bridges between two worlds, the world of the deaf and the world of the hearing, which were in close proximity but...
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This documentary chronicles the rehearsal process of four hearing actors and four deaf actors as they collaborate on a production of The Glass Menagerie at Gallaudet University. For the play to work dramatically, the two sets of players must achieve a shared interpretation of the characters, a common style and cadence. As they rehearse each group experiences a difficult but rewarding creative journey into the culture of the other.
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Jackie and Seth have despised each other since they were kids. Now as colleagues at a school for the deaf in Texas, things haven't changed a bit. One day they wake up to find that they've switch bodies with each other...
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Bernard Braggs' series of stories of his life and career--growing up as a deaf child in a deaf family, working with Marcel Marceau, developing the sign-mime theater, and helping to found the National Theatre of the Deaf. Based on his fascinating autobiography, Lessons in laughter, Bragg's memories are amusing, painful, outrageous and above all, inspiring to Deaf and hearing persons alike.
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