There's an older film (1996) which was made for TV broadcast, 51 minutes, about a particular Deaf community. It was called The Ragin' Cajun: Usher Syndrome.
It was originally part of a series: Oliver Sacks, The Mind Traveler, which looked at a number of different neurological abnormalities. Re. Usher Syndrome. The main figure in the story is a lively young man, a cook in Seattle, but Sacks went to talk to his family (the main character needs, I think, an interpreter to express himself to his parents) and look at the community he came from in Louisiana, where hereditary deafness from birth is not uncommon but is tragic since it is linked, in Usher Syndrome, with the eventual loss of vision. You see the main figure and his friends trying to support each other through this prospective loss of access to conversation, how the signing is affected by the loss of vision, etc. As I say, it is dated but it touches on a lot of classic issues. Nothing about implants or gene therapy. Judy Shoaf ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Katherine Pourshariati <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:54 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Videolib] American Sign Language culture DVD Hello esteemed list. Can anyone suggest please a great documentary about the deaf culture and American Sign Language? The best one that I have seen so far is called In the land of the deaf, which is French. I very much hope to find one much like that, character driven, perhaps more recent and shorter, but all suggestions are welcomed. Thanks Kate Kate Pourshariati Audiovisual cataloger/AV librarian ________________________________ Montgomery County Community College is proud to be designated as an Achieving the Dream Leader College for its commitment to student access and success.
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