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Mr. Symbol Man
197449 min 9 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Bruce MoirBob Kingsbury
Production: Tom DalyFrank BagnallRichard Mason
Script: Stanley Jackson
Co-produced by the NFB and Film Australia.
"Blissymbols" are giving children without speech a joyous new means of communication. This film tells the story of a remarkable man, Australian Charles K. Bliss, who invented a symbol language (pictographs) originally as a means of overcoming the barrier of differing languages, and then found that it has an even greater, more rewarding application when used with speech-handicapped children. This is witnessed in Toronto and Montréal, where the Blissymbols are being used.
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Subject categories
- People with disabilities > Children with DisabilitiesEducationHearing impairedPortraits
- Education > Children with disabilitiesPortraitsTeaching MethodsVocational Education
- Literature and Language > Grammar and Language FormsPortraits
- Health/Personal Development > Careers & Education
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Child Development
- Technology Education > Communications and Technology
Credits
- director
- Bruce Moir
- Bob Kingsbury
- producer
- Tom Daly
- Frank Bagnall
- Richard Mason
- commentary
- Stanley Jackson
- camera
- Michael Edols
- Barry Perles
- sound
- Berry Von Browkhurst
- Bev Davidson
- Joseph Champagne
- editing
- Bruce Moir
- sound editing
- Gwen Barnhill
- animation
- Les Drew
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
Awards
- Bronze Reel Award - Category: DocumentaryGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
- First Prize - Category: Didactic FilmsInternational Film Festival on Education
- Golden Reel Award - Category: DocumentaryAustralian Film Awards
- Second Prize - Silver Boomerang and Victorian Government Prize of $1,500AUSTInternational Film Festival