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Call Number: 207284
Publication Date: 2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion is an award-winning and star-studded documentary that takes a thought-provoking and often humorous look at the evolution of disability portrayals in entertainment. From the early days of silent films to present-day, this insightful film goes behind the scenes to interview filmmakers, studio executives, historians, and celebrities as it utilizes vivid clips from Hollywood's most beloved motion pictures and television programs to focus on the powerful impact that media can have on the societal inclusion of people with disabilities.
Call Number: 205772
Publication Date: 2018
Executive produced by Academy Award-winner Marlee Matlin, this new documentary special follows three predominantly deaf families as they raise their children in a hearing world. Distributed by A&E Television Networks.
Call Number: 114986
Publication Date: 2012
Directed and produced by award-winning photographer/filmmaker Neil Leifer, this 31-minute documentary demonstrates, through an extreme example, how creative people with disabilities are transcending their limitations to create art. The subjects in Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers have been drawn to photography for different reasons, whether to create an image for the sighted world that they hold in their mind, or to capture an image experienced through nature (as is the case for one legally-blind scuba diver). As we see, each artist displays a drive and passion to create, and views the medium of photography as an opportunity rather than impossibility. Several professional, sighted photographers are interviewed by Leifer in the film; though each is initially skeptical about the ability of a blind person to take effective photos, they are all eventually swayed by the zeal and brio with which these artists work. An HBO Production. An HBO Production.
Call Number: 11783
Publication Date: 2001
Cochlear implants could soon make a lifetime of profound deafness a thing of the past—and in the process bring an end to America’s vibrant Deaf culture. In this program, NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a balanced look at the implications of cochlear implant technology on the Deaf community. Dr. John Niparko, director of The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins; King Jordan, president of Gallaudet University; and others share their markedly different perceptions of cochlear implants, with some portraying them as miraculous assistive devices and others as a baneful attempt by the well-meaning hearing majority to "fix" the Deaf.
Call Number: 162985
Publication Date: 2017
Exploring the history of blind musicianship, filmmaker Michael House travelled to visit Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles and L´association Valentin Haüy in Paris where so much of Louis Braille's legacy is alive and in practice, not only his system of writing but also his musical classroom and his organ teaching classes. Inspired by the visit, House decided to pay homage to Braille by finding out how the system called braille came about and discovered that music was an integral part of its creation. This is how the idea of composing, rehearsing and recording a piece of music in braille with blind artists arose. Zoe Dixon was 17 when she composed Hope which subsequently was recorded in a West London Studio featuring James Risdon (recorder), Zoe Dixon (clarinet), Matthew Wadsworth (lute/theorbo), Baluji Shrivastav (tabla), Kevin Satizabal (piano), and Victoria Orawari (Sopran).
Deaf Out Loud by A&E
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