The Screening Room Presents VOICES FROM EL-SAYED with director Oded Adomi Leshem November 16, 2009
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20036
VOICES FROM EL-SAYED
Monday, November 16, 7:30 pm
Film followed by discussion with special guest, director Oded Adomi Leshem
The Bedouin village of El-Sayed has the world’s largest percentage of deaf people. In this unique society with its own special form of sign language, deafness is not a handicap, but part of the fabric of life. When one father decides to get a cochlear implant for his son, this tightly knit community has distinct and complex reactions.
Israel, 2009, video, documentary, 75 min
Director: Oded Adomi Leshem
CO-SPONSORED BY THE District of Colombia Association of the Deaf and the DC Deaf Film Festival
Official Website: http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar/2122713586?view=Detail&id=117601
Added by DCJCC Film Program on October 13, 2009