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The Gazette-Enterprise
Mostly silent films will be premiering at the historic Palace Theatre this weekend — but not the kind from the 1920s.
Cinema for Everyone, the third showcase of deaf and accessible films, will feature six movies today and Saturday, including “Lives of Deaf Mexicans,” “Till Domestic Violence Do Us Part,” “No Talking Allowed,” “Blue Apple,” “Dr. Hand” and “Touch the Sound.”
Organizer David Pierce described the movies as a detailed glimpse into the deaf subculture, whether the viewer is reading signs or subtitles.
“Most of the films are in American sign Language except for the Mexican documentary which is in Mexican Sign Language,” Pierce said. “‘Touch the Sound’ is an exception as the deaf percussionist is an oral deaf person and speaks for herself. The films are accessible to hearing people with either subtitles or voice-overs. Since not every deaf or hard of hearing person knows sign language, the subtitles help in that regard.”
While there are theaters that show open caption Hollywood flicks across Texas, those films are based on hearing culture.
This weekend’s showings, however, place emphasis on films that are not only accessible to the deaf community but explore the fabric that holds it together.
“‘Cinema for Everyone’ presents independent films that present deaf culture in their own language, which are few and far between across the country in both television and film. This is quite an underserved population,” Pierce said. “While many hearing people may consider deaf people disabled, deaf people are actually members of a linguistic minority with their own culture, language and heritage.
“When a hearing person who grows up hearing suddenly loses their hearing later in life, they’d definitely feel disabled. When one is born deaf, they haven’t missed any loss of a sense and feel normal.”
Many movie-goers who attend the annual event hail from San Antonio and Austin.
Deaf communities tend to congregate in large metro areas where social services and schools, such as Austin’s Texas School for the Deaf, are more prevalent.
“Seguin has a small population of deaf and hard of hearing people compared to the bigger cities, but it could be considered proportionate with the city’s size as the widely used formula of .08 percent of the population could be applied here,” Pierce said.
“Deaf and hard of hearing people attend, as well as hearing people interested in learning more about the culture. There are many hearing people who take sign language classes in school that would be interested in seeing the films to improve their skills and understanding of the language.”
For more information on each film, visit Introduction to Davideo Productions and click “movies.”
SCHEDULE
International 35mm & Digital Films Featured at the Historic Palace Theatre at 314 South Austin Street in Seguin
Doors open one hour before show time:
Friday Night Film
Presentation
“Lives of Deaf Mexicans”
(Mexican Sign Language, English Subtitles)
“No Talking Allowed”
“’Till Domestic Violence do us Part”
(American Sign Language, English Subtitles)
8-10 p.m.
Admission $7
Saturday Night Film
Presentation
Children’s Movie Presentation
“Blue Apple”
“Dr. Hand”
(American Sign Language, English Subtitles)
noon to 2 p.m., Saturday
Admission $5
Special Spanish Subtitled Presentation
“Lives of Deaf Mexicans”
(Mexican Sign Language, Spanish Subtitles)
3-4 p.m., Saturday
Admission $3
“Touch the Sound”
(English Subtitles)
8- 10 p.m. Saturday
Admission $7
Special Live Comedy Performance at ChiroJava Internet Cafe at 114 South Austin Street in Seguin
Franky Ramont Says...
Performed in American Sign Language 4-7 p.m. Saturday
Free admission.
Gratuities appreciated.
Mostly silent films will be premiering at the historic Palace Theatre this weekend — but not the kind from the 1920s.
Cinema for Everyone, the third showcase of deaf and accessible films, will feature six movies today and Saturday, including “Lives of Deaf Mexicans,” “Till Domestic Violence Do Us Part,” “No Talking Allowed,” “Blue Apple,” “Dr. Hand” and “Touch the Sound.”
Organizer David Pierce described the movies as a detailed glimpse into the deaf subculture, whether the viewer is reading signs or subtitles.
“Most of the films are in American sign Language except for the Mexican documentary which is in Mexican Sign Language,” Pierce said. “‘Touch the Sound’ is an exception as the deaf percussionist is an oral deaf person and speaks for herself. The films are accessible to hearing people with either subtitles or voice-overs. Since not every deaf or hard of hearing person knows sign language, the subtitles help in that regard.”
While there are theaters that show open caption Hollywood flicks across Texas, those films are based on hearing culture.
This weekend’s showings, however, place emphasis on films that are not only accessible to the deaf community but explore the fabric that holds it together.
“‘Cinema for Everyone’ presents independent films that present deaf culture in their own language, which are few and far between across the country in both television and film. This is quite an underserved population,” Pierce said. “While many hearing people may consider deaf people disabled, deaf people are actually members of a linguistic minority with their own culture, language and heritage.
“When a hearing person who grows up hearing suddenly loses their hearing later in life, they’d definitely feel disabled. When one is born deaf, they haven’t missed any loss of a sense and feel normal.”
Many movie-goers who attend the annual event hail from San Antonio and Austin.
Deaf communities tend to congregate in large metro areas where social services and schools, such as Austin’s Texas School for the Deaf, are more prevalent.
“Seguin has a small population of deaf and hard of hearing people compared to the bigger cities, but it could be considered proportionate with the city’s size as the widely used formula of .08 percent of the population could be applied here,” Pierce said.
“Deaf and hard of hearing people attend, as well as hearing people interested in learning more about the culture. There are many hearing people who take sign language classes in school that would be interested in seeing the films to improve their skills and understanding of the language.”
For more information on each film, visit Introduction to Davideo Productions and click “movies.”
SCHEDULE
International 35mm & Digital Films Featured at the Historic Palace Theatre at 314 South Austin Street in Seguin
Doors open one hour before show time:
Friday Night Film
Presentation
“Lives of Deaf Mexicans”
(Mexican Sign Language, English Subtitles)
“No Talking Allowed”
“’Till Domestic Violence do us Part”
(American Sign Language, English Subtitles)
8-10 p.m.
Admission $7
Saturday Night Film
Presentation
Children’s Movie Presentation
“Blue Apple”
“Dr. Hand”
(American Sign Language, English Subtitles)
noon to 2 p.m., Saturday
Admission $5
Special Spanish Subtitled Presentation
“Lives of Deaf Mexicans”
(Mexican Sign Language, Spanish Subtitles)
3-4 p.m., Saturday
Admission $3
“Touch the Sound”
(English Subtitles)
8- 10 p.m. Saturday
Admission $7
Special Live Comedy Performance at ChiroJava Internet Cafe at 114 South Austin Street in Seguin
Franky Ramont Says...
Performed in American Sign Language 4-7 p.m. Saturday
Free admission.
Gratuities appreciated.