To Be Deaf

19811 h 24 min 57 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Yves Dion

Production: Jean Dansereau

Script: Clément Perron

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with Health and Welfare Canada.

The deaf could be compared to a cultural minority struggling to assert itself in a society that has other priorities. Their integration is made more difficult by a handicap that oftentimes spells loneliness. This film acquaints its audience with the problems connected with impaired hearing: communication, education, social integration, jobs. It shows how many of these problems can be surmounted, or at the very least attenuated. A film that makes those who can hear aware of the deaf. This film has English subtitles in addition to an English soundtrack.

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Subject categories


  • People with disabilities > EducationHearing impairedIntegrationWorking Life

Credits


director
Yves Dion
editing
Yves Dion
producer
Jean Dansereau
commentary
Clément Perron
photography
Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
sound
Yves Gendron
sound editing
Gilles Quintal
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
narrator
Michèle Magny