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1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln’s war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln’s administration and then follows Union General George McClellan’s ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula, where his huge army meets a smaller but infinitely more resourceful Confederate force. During this episode we witness...
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This series presents sign language users signing the dialogues in the accompanying texts, The Green Books. Each dialogue is presented three times, the first presenting a full view of both signers and the second and third allowing the viewer to sign with the person in the dialogue. Each DVD concludes with several stories, anecdotes or poems spontaneously presented in American Sign Language.
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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.
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When deaf-mute John Singer moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend, a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit.
"John Singer, who is deaf . . . moves from a small town in order to be close to his institutionalized friend Antonapoulos, who is deaf and mentally impaired. Singer rents a room with a family whose father, Mr. Kelly, is unable to earn a living due to a serious...
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In See What I Mean, 2nd Edition, host Thomas Holcomb presents all the classic scenes of cultural misunderstanding between Deaf and hearing cultures discussed in the original version of See What I Mean plus he presents four (4) new scenes featuring the latest innovations in technology that have a profound effect on the Deaf Community including: Text pagers; Videophones; Video relay service; and E-mail. This DVD is recommended for ASL students, interpreters,...
10) Shut up and sign
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Bob Hiltermann, a deaf actor and comedian, teaches American Sign Language in a way meant to educate and entertain. Bob uses Sim-Com. Outtakes are included at the end of each video.
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Attempts to address the increased demand and need for ASL literature. These orignial stories, based ont he Deaf experience, are the first in a set to be produced. Ben Bahan's fable, "Birds of a Different Feather," explores the differences of a bird within a family of eagles. Rather than accepting the bird's differences, the eagle family tries to apply a pathological approach to raising the unusual bird. In Sam Supalla's, "For a Decent Living,"...
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(1st work) By the light of the Halloween moon: In this cumulative story, a host of Halloween spooks are drawn to the tapping of a little girl's toe. (2nd work) What's under my bed?: Grandpa tells his two young houseguests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination. (3rd work) Teeny-Tiny and the witch-woman: A boy outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.
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Haley and Madonna, winner of a number of film and video awards and broadcast nationally on PBS, is the story of Haley Crabtree, a 13 year-old girl born with cerebral palsy who dreams of one day being in the Miss America pageant. Even though she becomes familiar with and makes the acquaintance of many pageant participants, she especially becomes close friends with Madonna Emond, a contestant in the Miss America pageant who at an early age broke her...
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A series of instructional Signed English DVDs based on the sign system used at the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Knoxville, TN. There are 12 Units in the series with two DVDs per Unit: Lessons 1-4 and Lessons 5-8. Placement review DVDs covering Units I-IV; V-VIII; and IX-XII serve as reviews of the signs previously taught.
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