Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance
This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage
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View More White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewBorat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.
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View More A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (1948): Chosen by Committee episode 27A timely episode for election season, this week’s episode considers the politically vacant yet dramatically sound State of the Union
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