Through Deaf Eyes THROUGH DEAF EYES is a two-hour documentary that explores 200 years of Deaf life in America. The film presents the shared experiences of American history - family life‚ education‚ work‚ and community connections from the perspective of deaf citizens ‚ and Gallaudet University president emeritus I. King Jordan. The movie started by CJ Jones who is an actor & director. It’s gives me more information about the deaf culture & community by showing me the history of how Gallaudet
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Through Deaf Eyes The perspective I initially achieved during the film was that‚ deaf people had a really hard life. They strived to become equal with the “hearing world‚” to not be out casted‚ to be allowed their own form of communication‚ and overall to be accepted for who they are. This film had so many great stories from the interviewers‚ they brought in that personal touch to make it effective and ensue many emotions. The whole film was very touching; I had a variation of feelings watching
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Loeffel Through Deaf Eyes Assignment Question Set #1: Education Choosing a school is a hard decision for a student and his or her family. It is especially hard when the student is deaf. When choosing a school deaf students have two main options: Attending a local public school alongside hearing students or attending a specialized deaf school surrounded by the deaf community. Education for deaf students has been going on for centuries in the United States. However‚ education in the deaf world has
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While watching Through Deaf Eyes‚ there were a lot of things that I didn’t think about before. For example‚ when they started talking about how even in deaf schools‚ African Americans were segregated from the rest of the white people I was a little thrown off by this. When talking about this in history classes‚ I never thought about segregating people twice?! The deaf community was already misunderstood and had to have their own schools and now the black deaf community had to be pushed out even farther
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In “Through Deaf Eyes” you will find a range of perspective on the question what is deafness? This film is a balanced presentation of deaf experience. I believe that the film does a good job of revealing the struggles and triumphs of deaf people in society throughout history. The documentary covers a span of close to 200 years of deaf life in the United States. You will see experiences among deaf people in education‚ family life‚ work‚ and social activities. Sign language is language that uses
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Through Deaf Eyes It was interesting to hear‚ and see‚ what kind of challenges that deaf people faced. One of the people I found interesting was. A hearing French professor had brought the language from France and that was how it signing had started. I thought that was interesting‚ because not only was it a long time to create a form of communication for the deaf community; they were also mistreated for their inability to communicate with the rest of the world. Another person that I found interesting
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"Through Deaf Eyes‚" a two-hour HDTV documentary for PBS‚ explores nearly 200 years of Deaf life in America. The film presents the shared experiences of American history - family life‚ education‚ work‚ and community connections - from the perspective of deaf citizens. Narrated by actor Stockard Channing‚ the film includes interviews with former Gallaudet University president‚ Dr. I. King Jordan‚ and actors Marlee Matlin and Bernard Bragg‚ as well as historians and deaf Americans with diverse views
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The film “Through Deaf Eyes” changed the way I view the deaf community and deaf culture. Before watching the film I didn’t know much about deaf culture at all. I knew that deaf people had a strong community and were closely connected to one another‚ but watching the film allowed me to see that much more clearly. When the deaf people talked‚ many of them mentioned the experience of meeting and being with other deaf people. The way they spoke about all deaf schools and churches opened my eyes to the very
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The film Through Deaf Eyes demonstrated a great understanding of the death community. I found this short film extremely educational as well as informative of the Deaf culture and its people. This film opened my eyes and broaden my education in the Deaf culture. Growing up I never came into the situation of interacting with someone who was Deaf‚ before my ASL class I had absolutely no idea that there was such a rich and interesting history in the Deaf community. I found this movie to be extremely
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| Through Deaf Eyes | By Joshua Curtis | Instructor: Anisa Guy Class: ASL103-05 5/31/2011 | Through Deaf Eyes let me really see how the Deaf culture sees the world. The video let me appreciate the deaf culture more and understand it better. Deaf people suffered many hardships through the years but opportunities for them are growing more and more. The way hearing view Deaf culture is becoming more and more accepting. Parents of deaf children have to face many tough decisions on how
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