There is a lot of protest, righteous anger and civil disobedience in “Deaf President Now!” Yet there is a small act of personal defiance in Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about the ...
A couple of weeks back, apropos of nothing, a small cadre in the cesspool formerly known as Twitter decided that the most important cultural irritant of the moment was the rise of visible ASL ...
For Marlee Matlin, winning an Academy Award should’ve been one of the happiest days of her life. At just 21, Matlin took home the best actress Oscar for 1986’s “Children of a Lesser God,” becoming the ...
But beyond gender and racial disparities, another group remains critically underrepresented: the Deaf community. Despite the talent within the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing population, opportunities in ...
BBC’s new thriller, Reunion, follows a newly-released murder convict Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney) in his pursuit of vengeance. The dual-language drama, told in English and British Sign Language, ...
In 1988, a civil rights movement led to significant change. However, it’s not discussed or even taught — until now. AppleTV+’s “Deaf President Now!” recalls how, in 1988, students at Gallaudet ...
After premiering to great acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Deaf President Now! is now streaming exclusively on AppleTV+. Queerty activist & filmmaker Nyle DiMarco about the ...
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The “now” in “Deaf President Now!” refers to the second week of March 1988 — when the students of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., united in protest of the board’s choice of a non-deaf ...