recommendation documentary on a Sign Language/Deaf community

[Alastair Cole]

I would also very much recommend Frank's suggestion of Nicholas  
Philibert's film 'In the Land of the Deaf'. It's a wonderful piece of  
cinema which I use to teach both documentary practice and to raise  
discussion on various themes in linguistic anthropology with students  
from other academic areas.

You may also want to have a look at 'Touch the sound' by Thomas  
Riedelsheimer, (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424509/) while not  
directly engaging with sign language as much as Philibert's film, it  
is a great exploration of the world of deaf percussionist Evelyn  
Glennie and again provides plenty to discuss within themes of deaf  
communities and communication.

If you need short documentary films, i.e. 10-15min films let me know  
and I can pass on some more titles as there have been a few that have  
been made over the last while that could be useful.


Alastair


Quoting Jessica Taylor <jessica.taylor at UTORONTO.CA> on Thu, 30 Jan  
2014 16:41:31 -0500:

> Does anyone know of a good documentary to show undergrads on a sign language
> and/or Deaf community/culture? It's for a 1st year seminar on Language and
> Diversity (where diversity could be multilingualism, gender, ethnicity,
> globalization, translation, etc.). Ideally it would be 30-60 minutes, but
> all recommendations welcome!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jessica Taylor
>
>
>
> University of Toronto
>
>

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