Movies: Sign languages

Unseen footage from the British Deaf Association archives is used to tell the story of the Deaf community's fight for civil rights....

A deaf teenager submitted to a cochlear implant surgery must be face his fear of speaking to approach a young girl that he has fallen in love at first sight....

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Participants in a research project face a life-threatening situation that will test every individual's survival instinct, in an unforgiving territory that may even be supernatural....

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Two musicians become intrigued with a Deaf woman whose idea for music is a whole different tune: awareness and acceptance before one can fall in love....

Following artist Christine Sun Kim from New York to Los Angeles and from Berlin to London, this short documentary tells the story of the artist’s practice, which spans across drawing, performance, video, large-scale murals, and beyond. Through infogr...

The end of every relationship has a beginning. When Shelby and Mason get to the beach they realize that neither of them brought sunscreen. Who's to blame? - This film observes how accountability is handled in a crumbling relationship....

Did you sleep well? For how long? Have you had breakfast today? What did you have? Now ask a Deaf person that....

After a summer of keeping to themselves, a miscommunication finally sparks a conversation and a wholesome friendship. Away from their complicated family issues, they find refuge in the mornings together. The companionship soon becomes closer and the ...

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Set in 1986, this riveting drama centers on Jeremih, a Deaf black painter who must navigate a tense racially charged confrontation with police on the very night his art is being celebrated. Filmmaker Chantay Taylor’s storytelling aims to rewrite the ...

Spring is coming. Deaf-mute girl and boy feel the warmth of the sun on their faces, the air is flooded with light. The world of these young people lacks sound and their language is different, but they are happy about spring and each other....

Matthew Gurney brings us a dark, acerbic and witty dystopian vision of an alternative reality. Playing all the characters and finding innovative ways to experiment with the theatrical in film, Matthew's commission draws creatively on the Silent Movie...

Documentary following Deafinitely Theatre as they translate a classic Shakespeare play for a Deaf audience....

In American Sign Language (ASL) with subtitles available in English, Spanish and Canadian French. This powerful documentary uses real life experiences from Deaf people of varied social, racial, and educational boundaries showing how this form of opp...

100 minutes of original ASL stories, poetry, music, and video shorts from a deaf stand-up comedian/performer....