Sosie
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Syn•op•sis
"1880... 2008. That's 128 years of advocacy and activism by the Deaf
community in USA. Ever since the National Association of the Deaf was
founded, Deaf people fought for the right to "just be." Today we have
closed captioning, interpreting agencies, video relay service --
auxiliary services. The fundamental question remains: Are Deaf people
respected as human beings?
How many deaf people continue to depend on Supplemental Security
Income (SSI or SSDI)? How many deaf people are fluent in American
Sign Language and English? Deafness and sign language are a
multi-million dollar industry; how many of those dollars go to deaf
people themselves?
The answers are clear. Deaf people continue to be viewed and treated
as second-class citizens or worse in this country and abroad.
To fix this problem, we need to use a medium that has proven to be a
powerful mechanism in the transformation of perceptions and
interpretations of the world: film.
This film draws on the work of cultural studies theorist Stuart Hall
in effort to examine the nature of representation and ideology. The
goal is for the Deaf community to understand "how we got here" and
what we can do about it by seizing control of the media as a means of
putting forth a different representation of what it means to be
d/Deaf"
So, it's worth watching this film!
(The movie lasts approx. 40 minutes in Quicktime format)
Re-defining Deaf - Movie
"1880... 2008. That's 128 years of advocacy and activism by the Deaf
community in USA. Ever since the National Association of the Deaf was
founded, Deaf people fought for the right to "just be." Today we have
closed captioning, interpreting agencies, video relay service --
auxiliary services. The fundamental question remains: Are Deaf people
respected as human beings?
How many deaf people continue to depend on Supplemental Security
Income (SSI or SSDI)? How many deaf people are fluent in American
Sign Language and English? Deafness and sign language are a
multi-million dollar industry; how many of those dollars go to deaf
people themselves?
The answers are clear. Deaf people continue to be viewed and treated
as second-class citizens or worse in this country and abroad.
To fix this problem, we need to use a medium that has proven to be a
powerful mechanism in the transformation of perceptions and
interpretations of the world: film.
This film draws on the work of cultural studies theorist Stuart Hall
in effort to examine the nature of representation and ideology. The
goal is for the Deaf community to understand "how we got here" and
what we can do about it by seizing control of the media as a means of
putting forth a different representation of what it means to be
d/Deaf"
So, it's worth watching this film!
(The movie lasts approx. 40 minutes in Quicktime format)
Re-defining Deaf - Movie
