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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
1) Wonderstruck
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress who's life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
3) Babel
Language
English
Description
A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general...
Author
Language
English
Description
After three years in the Peace Corps, James, a young speech therapist, joins the faculty of a school for the deaf, where he is to teach lip-reading. He meets Sarah, a school dropout, totally deaf from birth, and estranged both from the world of hearing and from those who would compromise to enter that world. Fluent in sign language, James tries, with little success, to help Sarah, but gradually the two fall in love and marry. At first their relationship...
7) Versa effect
Language
English
Description
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...
Language
Sign Language
Description
Produced by ASL Films, Forget Me Not explores the conflicts facing a family who wins the lottery and escapes to a cabin to figure it all out. While at the cabin, the family is introduced to a mysterious stranger who is somehow linked to their family's history. Join the suspense as they explore their past and determine how it fits into their future.
9) Gerald
Language
English
Description
Corey disvovers he has a deaf austistic grandfather he has never met. Determined to make a connection with his grandfather, Corey uncovers family ties and secrets in a dramatic chain of events.
Language
Sign Language
Description
Legend of the Mountain Man, set in picturesque Montana, features a typical, dysfunctional family of five. The father who has been at odds with his parents for many years decides to send his three children to his parents' ranch for the summer. The children unexpectedly encounter a creature, one that has never been seen nor recorded in history books. Viewers accompany the children on their journey as they navigate the family's past and try to reconcile...
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, Sue Thomas : F.B.Eye follows the adventures of Sue Thomas at the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy -- and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat...
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, Sue Thomas : F.B.Eye follows the adventures of Sue Thomas at the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy -- and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat...
13) A silent voice
Language
English
Description
A deaf elementary school girl named Shoko Nishimiya transfers to a new school and meets a boy named Shoya Ishida. Shoya leads the school in bullying Shoko over her disability until she transfers to another school. Immediately, the class bullies Shoya for having bullied Shoko. Shoya loses contact with Shoko, and for years he suffers the consequences of his guilt. Upon entering high school, Shoya finally decides he must find Shoko, determined to make...
14) Marie's story
Language
Français
Appears on list
Description
At the turn of the nineteenth century, a humble artisan and his wife have a daughter, Marie, who is born deaf and blind and unable to communicate with the world around her. Desperate to find a connection to their daughter and avoid sending her to an asylum, the Heurtins send fourteen-year-old Marie to the Larnay Institute in central France, where an order of Catholic nuns manages a school for deaf girls. Based on a true story.
16) Wrong game
Language
Sign Language
Description
Wrong Game, a film produced by ASL Films, takes place in a mansion filled with a mysterious history. Several people, all Deaf, are contacted to come to the mansion to participate in a game where the winner receives 1 million dollars. When the participants gather, they learn the hard truth, the game is a life-or-death matter and losing the game is not an option. To add further drama, each person holds highly specialized skills and collectively, they...
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, Sue Thomas : F.B.Eye follows the adventures of Sue Thomas at the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy -- and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat...
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, Sue Thomas : F.B.Eye follows the adventures of Sue Thomas at the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy -- and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat...
19) Tommy
Language
English
Description
A classic rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the death of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
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