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Marinae Pearl, Shoshannah Stern, Bernard Bragg, Marlee...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play I support 100 percent the idea that Deaf roles should go to Deaf actors, but when it comes to an autobiographical movie, I feel strongly that we must respect this person's casting preference for the actor who will be portraying him or her. Autobiographical movies are very personal in nature, and they involve a person revealing his or her in...
Media Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, May 13 2008 · hide this blog

Amy Cohen Efron Vs. Matt Hamill
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click to play Amy Cohen Efron's Open Letter to Matt HamillMatt Hamill's responseMatt Hamill The MovieThe Legacy of Blackface
Media Culture Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

Nightmare Invasion
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play BE WARNED: You are at risk of experiencing unruly emotions if you choose to click "play" to watch this short film. Your emotions will come alive and take your sensibilities on a ride that includes emotional spins, twists and turns. Parents: Please preview the film before you allow your children watch it.This surreal film carries a message a...
Audism Thu, May 08 2008 · hide this blog

Breast Implant (BI) and ASL user (CONGRATS! AGBell had won...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play The transcript will be posted later. Sorry! I have finals this week. Be bear with me. :o)Beware of Breast ImplantsAge and LASIK SurgeryLasik patients complain to panelForbidden Signs: American Culture and the Campaign Against Sign Language By Douglas Baynton
Thu, May 01 2008 · hide this blog

DE'VIA
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play In 2003, Paul Johnston, a great professor of Art department at Gallaudet University , asked Kitty Elfson (from Sweden), Johanna Karmgand (from Sweden), and me to do the movie project about DE'VIA. We chose five Deaf well known painters in the Deaf community. The Deaf well-known painters are Charles "Chuck" Baird, Robert Walker, Paul Johnst...
Language Art and Storytelling Education Tech Culture Fri, Apr 04 2008 · hide this blog

The Deaf Community--Continually Breaking Down the Wall of...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Poem by a Deaf person who proudly uses ASL:"The Deaf Community--Continually Breaking Down the Wall of Ignorance" By Aidan MackUnaware of the presence of BLAME SHIFTERS. Like Rabbits you roam among the millions. A poison has grown which seeks to harm Deaf people. Once again, the Deaf community is under attack, being bullied and brutalized by the bad mouths of the Blame...
Art and Storytelling Wed, Apr 02 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Child with Implant in ICU, Fighting for His Life
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog On Easter Sunday of 2008, a Deaf child was fighting for his life in the intensive care unit at a hospital. One month ago his mother rushed him to the emergency room after she discovered that his ear was bleeding. The doctors quickly unwrapped the makeshift bandaging and discovered that there was a cochlear implant in his left ear. One of the doctors discovered a clot ...
Tech Wed, Mar 26 2008 · hide this blog

We Cannot Pathologize Our Way to Prosperity
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Winston Churchill said that a nation to trying to "tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." The same analogy can be used to describe the pitfall of the tendency of some Deaf people (whether they realize what they are doing or not) who continually want to bend over backwards...
Language Audism Tech Culture Mon, Mar 24 2008 · hide this blog

Success Comes by Focusing on the Fundamentals--A Deaf...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play As a Deaf person without a CI, I have taken a sound production class under Chris Newman, a three-time Academy award winner and five-time nominee as sound mixer/director. His film credits included The Godfather, Amadeus, the Exorcist, The Silence of the Lambs, The English Patient, and Philadelphia. Chris Newman became a lifetime mentor and a...
Mon, Mar 17 2008 · hide this blog

BLAME SHIFTER
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Quote: "Why are so many people having so much trouble accepting the Cochlear Implant as a tool in approaches to Deafness?"[FYI: The "d" in the word "deafness" is not capitalized because "deafness" is a pathological term, and therefore only addresses one narrow part of being human, instead of taking into account the whole human being. The ...
Language Audism Education Tech Culture Wed, Mar 12 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Children's Futures (ASL Version)
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Public School Vs. Residential School
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Education Tue, Mar 04 2008 · hide this blog

The Tyranny of the Majority (ASL Version)
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Where Are These Mythical Deaf Militants? (ASL Version)
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Being Deaf Is Nature's Intention (ASL Version)
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Tue, Mar 04 2008 · hide this blog

Elevating the Discourse--A Positive and Proactive View of...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Being Deaf, ASL is a type of "music" to me. I thank a Creator for this beautiful gift of existing as a Deaf person who uses a beautiful language--an experience I am able to share as a part of the Deaf community. I thank my hearing family for raising me as a Deaf person. My mother stood up to the world in her firm belief that I, her Deaf daughter, should be allowed to...
Language Audism Education Culture Mon, Mar 03 2008 · hide this blog

A PERFECT ASL MARKETING CAMPAIGN
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IT IS OK TO BE NON-VIOLENT MILITANT
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Militancy means no compromise!"To this day, King remains a controversial symbol of the African-American civil rights struggle, revered by many for his martyrdom on behalf of nonviolence and condemned by others for his militancy and insurgent views." Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial "In 1869, Anthony and Elizabeth ...
Language Culture Thu, Feb 21 2008 · hide this blog

THE OPPRESSION OF KAREN MAYES, ET AL. TOWARD DEAF PEOPLE
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Kudos to the Deaf community for voicing and sharing their opinions and perspectives, as well as debating the different issues being brought up, even with the specter of a group trying to drop a rhetorical bomb, which they would have function as a taboo, in order to shut Deaf people up and accept the way in which the majority is trying to mold us. There is a group who ...
Language Audism Education Culture Fri, Feb 15 2008 · hide this blog

"PRINT THE LEGEND"
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog The brothers Vittorio and Paolo Taviani’s movie, “La Notte Di San Lorenzo” (The Night of Shooting Stars) is about a mother who has a flashback of her childhood. In her post-wartime memories, her village is struggling to stay alive amid the infighting going on within it. This film focuses on the human conflict in which friends, relatives, and family members, and neighb...
Media Language Audism Education Tech Culture Mon, Feb 11 2008 · hide this blog

Dear The Member of AGBell
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Dear The Member of AGBell:Oralism, a philosophy that maintains that language among the Deaf should be from the mouth and that excludes Sign Language taken root in the global educational establishment. NAD *did* oppose oralism after all the Deaf teachers had been mostly fired from their positions. They were fired and the oral supporters demanded that all Deaf children ...
Thu, Feb 07 2008 · hide this blog

PEPSI RESPONDED TO MY LETTER
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Dear Aidan,Thank you so much for taking the time to contact us at Pepsi-Cola and for your kind words about our very special commercial, “Bob’s House.”We couldn’t be more proud of this commercial and the people whose creativity, sensitivity, and effort went into making a truly groundbreaking television experience. The spot was developed by and features some of our own...
Tue, Feb 05 2008 · hide this blog

IN RESPONSE TO THE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION'S...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog February 5, 2008Ms. Julie Hamp Senior Vice President PepsiCo Communications 700 Anderson Hill Road Purchase, NY 10577 Dear Ms. Hamp, I am writing as an ASL-Deaf person in response to the Alexander Graham Bell Association’s letter regarding the airing of “the Bob’s House” Super Bowl commercial positively highlighting on Deaf characters that use American Sign language. ...
Media Language Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Feb 04 2008 · hide this blog

One Year Anniversary: A Short Movie of Vloggers
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Today is my first anniversary of being a vlogger. I made a short movie in honor of vloggers. I wish I could include all vloggers if I had time. Thank you all vloggers and bloggers. Enjoy! Aidan
Language Tech Culture Thu, Jan 24 2008 · hide this blog

Feeding the Fire!
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play I got Elizabeth's e mail this morning. This is making me sick to my stomach. Here is Elizebeth's e mail:First E mail:SUBJECT: C.I. Blogs InvasionsHow did you feel when the c.i. blogs started appearing in DeafRead? What are your concerns? Hopes? No names will be used. It's a confidential survey. Thanks in advance ElizabethSecond E mail:HiIt ...
Tue, Jan 22 2008 · hide this blog

"The Lord of Robots"
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play "LORD OF THE ROBOTS AT MIT" "The Number of "Digital People" (Artificial Beings and Partly Artificial Beings)" "Will Robots Take Over the World?""Robotlike""Cochlear Implant Company"
Thu, Jan 17 2008 · hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

Either Rose-Colored or Darkly Shaded Glasses
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog It's an interesting fact that most people see things, as the saying goes, through either rose-colored or darkly shaded glasses. Very rarely do people wear "clear glasses."People who wear rose-colored glasses don't see this:A Deaf baby is first exposed to colonialist practices during its hearing-screening test, which is performed by an audiologist (i.e., someone who is...
Language Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jan 17 2008 · hide this blog

RE:" There is no need to hear to listen..."
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog "When taking a closer look at the Deaf Community, I found a powerful sense of community and identity, which is unfortunately highly exclusive and riddled with fear. There are too many judgmental voices unwilling to take a liberal stance in regard to the cochlear implant and hearing parents. These radical voices are overpowering those moderate voices, at least in respe...
Language Education Tech Culture Thu, Jan 10 2008 · hide this blog

Electric Shock Therapy and Cochlear Implant Surgrey
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Tech Tue, Jan 08 2008 · hide this blog

Wrongful Assumptions and Confidential Information
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Legal Culture Sun, Jan 06 2008 · hide this blog

Gigantic Production also seeks for culturally Deaf People...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Happy New Year... Good news, I already spoke to Jessica from Gigantic Production . She is a nice person. She explained that Gigantic Production also seeks for culturally Deaf people between 14 to 28 years old to involve in Documentary, "True Life: I am Deaf." I do not know why some blogs would make up the stories that Gigantic Production w...
Media Art and Storytelling Fri, Jan 04 2008 · hide this blog

In a Response to Amy O' Berry: Misleading Information and...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play A note for Amy O' Berry: Please contact me at Deaffilmmaker@gmail.com. :o) Thank you, AidanHere are the link of Amy's full vlog and the webpage of Dallas Cochlear Implant Program that has misleading information about DeafAmy O'Berry Dallas Otolaryngology: Cochlear Implant Program
Language Tech Thu, Dec 20 2007 · hide this blog

The Old Business Of Seeing the Glass as Half Empty: Deficit...
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Tue, Dec 18 2007 · hide this blog

JRNAD FORCED TO SHUT DOWN: ORALISM
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play A special Guest Vlogger, Liza Offreda shared her experience about her sophomore year that she was elected as JRNAD president. There are two programs; one is for oral program, and another signing program. They are segregation. Deaf students from oral program are not allowed to expose to signing. Oral students met with Liza and wanted to join JR...
Language Audism Education Culture Mon, Dec 10 2007 · hide this blog

Is Jane Fernandes that Important?
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play I feel there are more important to focus on instead on Jane Fernandes. Please let her go and move on. There are crisis going on right now, for example, DEAF EMBRYO will be destroyed and will not allow Deaf to select DEAF EMBRYO in England. Another thing is segregration at Deaf school where Deaf students with cochlear implant are not allowed t...
Language Audism Tech Legal Culture Sun, Dec 02 2007 · hide this blog

Telecommunication Relay Service Funds
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Companies of VRS, IP, and relay have no authorization and make a decision about where will telecommunication taxes and surcharges go to.The state is the ones who make an authorization to fund them. I am not sure which is department because they keep on referring me different departments and agencies.It was unusual case for South Dakota to use telecommunication tax an...
Audism Legal Fri, Nov 23 2007 · hide this blog

Freedom Deaf Cruise: Keith Wann
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play KEITH WANN pours his passions into the Deaf community. I chose to interview him because he worked very hard and used different hats in order to make Deaf and CODA happy on the cruise. He spent lot of his time to prepare, assist, perform, host, and interact Deaf people. He made sure Deaf people had a blast time on the cruise. He worked from early...
Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Nov 12 2007 · hide this blog

Telecommunication Relay (VRS, Text Relay, IP) pays for Deaf...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog In SOUTH DAKOTA, SD-HB 1158 had appropriated fund with legislative's approval to use the revenue to pay for Deaf Children's CI. Now more CI programs from nationwide use telecommmunication relay to help to pay. Is it right for telecommunication relay to use us in order to collect the revenue and to pay Deaf children's CI. What about American Sign Language/English pr...
Language Tech Wed, Oct 24 2007 · hide this blog

DA DANG PLYMOUTH
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Two Deaf Detectives investigate a murder connected to the Mafia King. When one of the Deaf Detectives falls in love with one of the Mafia King's hustlers, the Mafia King finds out and becomes determined to seek revenge.Aidan's comment: While I cleaned up the external hard drive, I found this wonderful short film by a wonderful collaborative crew...
Art and Storytelling Mon, Oct 22 2007 · hide this blog

CALLING ON DEAF PEOPLE OF COLOR
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play We need to listen to Deaf People Of Color. They are still facing racism in our Deaf community. We need to recognize Deaf People of Color who deal with racism everywhere. We give supports to them and work with them to END the racism in our community. I am tired of some people making racism remark about the people of color. It needs to STOP now. W...
Audism Culture Thu, Oct 11 2007 · hide this blog

International Day of Sign Language and Deaf at Deaf-Hope...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play At the tea party, there was a reporter from a newspaper writing an article about tea party event. Sheri Farinha Mutti, Loriaine Flores, Barb DiGi made sure that newspaper reporter was fully informed about the International Day of Sign Language & Deaf, the history of language-deprived Deaf children, and the grief and celebration of Sign language ...
Media Language Culture Thu, Oct 04 2007 · hide this blog

THE DEAFY BUNCH AT DEAF-HOPE'S TEA PARTY
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Culture Thu, Oct 04 2007 · hide this blog

Designing A Hearing Baby
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Overall, the sad fact is that the main reason for implanting a deaf child is that a medical view of deafness defines the child. Hearing parents of deaf children may have very little knowledge of deafness and, therefore, may see their child as being broken. Instead of fostering the child's natural abilities and allowing them to acquire the [...]
Audism Wed, Aug 29 2007 · hide this blog

The Evident of Deaf Diverse DESIRABLE People
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play I asked Deaf Diverse People if they wanted to shrink the Deaf community. They said.... Wait a minute... You can go into my vlog and watch a brief documentary film to find out what were their answers.
Art and Storytelling Culture Sun, Aug 19 2007 · hide this blog

MY OPINIONS NOT DBC'S/WHO WILL SPEAK UP FOR DEAF CHILDREN/...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog MY OPINIONS NOT DBC'S: Click To Play WHO WILL SPEAK UP FOR DEAF CHILDREN: Click To Play ARE DEAF BABIES UNDESIRABLE? Click To Play
Language Culture Wed, Aug 01 2007 · hide this blog

HISTORY THROUGH OPPOSING EYES
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play Without Protest, America would not be existed... Without Protest, Black community would be stuck in slavery.. Without Protest, Women would be treated like property like a car. Great changes and events in history have often started with protest. Don't let the system feed the fear into us and shut us up.
Culture Fri, Jul 20 2007 · hide this blog

A GIFT OF DEAF BILINGUAL COALITION/TRUE BUSINESS AGB'S GOAL...
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play There are three videos on my vlog. I discuss the participation the team of Deaf Bilingual Coalition that was formed by John Ebgert and the history of AGB and the quotes from AGB that proved he had a goal to eliminate Deaf community and Sign Language. The quotes from AGB was on the book of "When The Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf. The third [...]
Culture Wed, Jul 11 2007 · hide this blog

IN A RESPONSE TO ELLA LENTZ: STAKEHOLDER
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play I am thrilled that Ella discussed "STAKEHOLDER" in her vlog. I have been trying to find a right word that controls our economic values when I talk with my friends, employees, and people. I shared my experience as a Filmmaker and from my observation in film industry of stakeholder that "blocks" us being able to produce Deaf films. The [...]
Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Jul 09 2007 · hide this blog

STEREOTYPE: ONE DEAF PERSON MEANS ALL DEAF PEOPLE
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play From OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS:Preconceived, simplistic description of all members of a given group that leads to having certain expectations, often inaccurate and prejudicial, about members of that group without regard to individual differences. (OXFORD UNIVERSITY A too-simple and therefore distorted image of a group, such as "Football players [...]
Audism Mon, Jul 02 2007 · hide this blog

"I AM BETTER THAN YOU BECAUSE I AM FROM HEARING WORLD"
Deaf Cinematic FilmBlog Click To Play From my experience, I notice that some deaf people feel that they need to stress that they were better than Deaf people because they were from "hearing world." Whenever I work with some deaf people, they keep saying that they are from hearing world and they know better than us. It turned me off and showed me that they are really that ignorant [...]
Audism Mon, Jul 02 2007 · hide this blog