Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Movies That discuss Deafness

After my recent post, I found some movies that have deaf characters. Many of them had deaf children. Throughout my search for movies that portray Deaf Characters, One name kept poping up. An actress name Marlee Matlin. For my sign language course , I watched a movie called Children of a Lesser God. I had no idea that Marlee Matlin was in the movie until I researched "Deaf Hollywood". I read Marlee Matlin's Biography and found it interesting and inspiring. She was the only Deaf perfomer to win an Academy Award. Movies can be apart of a family Traditon. Some families have movie nights and there should be movies for Deaf Parents to enjoy with thier hearing or deaf children. I posted a think to her biography as well some movies that portray Deaf characters. If any one of you have seen any other movies that include Deaf characters or promote Deaf awareness please let me know. I would love to discuss these movies, and how they would benefit Deaf parents and children of Deaf parents.

2 comments:

  1. Marlee Matlin is an excellent actress. You can probably find some interesting interviews featuring her. The dog groomer I take my dogs to is deaf. We make appts via text or email. She reads lips.

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  2. Dr. Carr, I am going to see if I can find some interviews featuring her.

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