via Robert Haughton - poet in Deaf Jam

Kendall Kids - “Why Kendall Kids Love ASL”

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Via - Independent Lens on Facebook:

“If you saw our film Deaf Jam earlier this season, you probably learned something about what it is like to be Deaf. The post from a deaf Redditor asks questions of hearing people, like “Can all doors slam?” or “Do cell phones and landlines sound different?” This is a wonderful cultural bridge happening….

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Dr. Joseph Valente is involved in comprehensive research in childhood studies, comparative and international education, educational anthropology, deaf studies and disability studies. He is the author of the autobiographical novel and autoethnography, “d/Deaf and d/Dumb: A Portrait of a Deaf Kid as a Young Superhero,” published by Peter Lang. Currently, Joe is the co-principal investigator of the video ethnography project “Kindergartens for the Deaf in Three Countries: Japan, France and the United States,” funded by the Spencer Foundation.

Go to this link for a full transcript - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqV_MjKliW0

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xavierpop:

And with this, our final installement of reviews for the 20th Toronto Jewish Film Festival. We hope you have enjoyed Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV of our coverage where we review 13 of the films playing throughout the run of the festival. The movies have been fun…

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There is a dance contest for this - deadline 5/13 to enter

Ck out this opportunity!! - Documentary Edge Film FEstival is hosting an online slam with a cash prize - the deadline for upload is 4 days away - 

Details here -http://www.docnz.org.nz/events/DocEdgeOnlineVideoPoetrySlam2012.html

It’s NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN THE U.S. - let’s do it!

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from the NYTimes - Breaking Conductors’ Down by Gesture and Body Part

Demystifying the movements of conductors, with the help of seven top practitioners, including Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic.

“How close is this to ASL poetry - or ……?

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