Monday, November 8, 2010

Young Gallaudet alums shine on the screen, and at first deaf film festival

Shoshannah Stern and Russell Harvard at the Worldeaf Cinema Festival, 2010. (Dick Moore for Gallaudet University) Shoshannah Stern on Fox's "Lie to Me." (Greg Gayne/Fox) You prepare to enter a different world at the WORLDEAF Cinema Festival, the first deaf film festival at Gallaudet University -- and you find a surprisingly familiar one. Sure, they're all signing instead of speaking. But the sparkly young stars are just as charismatic at the ones at a L.A. premiere. They've all got a movie idea that would be amazing with the proper financing -- just like at any indie-film confab. Oh, and everyone's complaining about their agent. But more on that later. WORLDEAF on Thursday kicked off four days of discussions and screenings -- movies by deaf filmmakers and movies by hearing filmmakers about the deaf experience. The highlight may be a visit Saturday by Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, the deaf thespian


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