Be an Ally. Learn about the Deaf Community.  Explore the abilities and lifestyles of people experiencing limited hearing. I was lucky enough to grow up near a university with a degree in translation, including ASL (American Sign Language). If you are interested in languages, comparing the differences between German-based sign languages, such as ASL, and later languages, such as British Sign Language, and the histories behind their diverse developments, it is a rich subject. The films focused on children.  If you are inspired to research, the following links are a good start. Approaches to Social Research: The Case of Deaf Studies. Alys Young and Bogusia Temple.  Oxford University Press, 2014.  Shanghai Main H62 .Y6668 2014 Diversity in Deaf Education. Eds. Marc Marschark, Venetta Lampropoulou, and Emmanouil Skordilis, Oxford, 2016. Deaf Gain: Raising the Stakes for Human Diversity.  HDL Bauman and JJ Murray.  University of Minnesota Press, 2014. Partners in Education Issues and Trends from the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf. Donald Moores, Gallaudet University Press, 2011. Silent Life and Silent Language: The Inner Life of a Mute in an Institution for the Deaf.  Kate Farlow, Gallaudet University Press, 2018. Telling Deaf Lives: Agents of Change.  Kristin Snoddon, Gallaudet University Press, 2014. Teaching Language to a Boy Born Deaf: The Popham Notebook and Associated Texts.  John Wallis, David Cram, and Jaap Maat.  Oxford University Press, 2017.  Shanghai HV2469.E5 W35 2017 Words Made Flesh: Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture. RAR Edwards, NYU Press, 2012.

How does one know “Who am I?”  What does it mean to know “Who are you?” If the film inspires you to study film or philosophy, the library is here to help.  Read on to find our best bets for researching directors, screenplays, and movie-making worldwide (including film streaming services to watch on your laptop) or try some books online or on paper. Be sure to read Simone de Beauvoir’s introduction to The Second Sex  (2 copies on 4F at HQ1190 .S42 1997) and Dejima and Gilbreath’s chapter, “Tsunamis and Earthquakes in Japanese Literature” in Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown. Best pick databases for Cinema Studies (full list in link). Screen Studies  (highly visual) Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text  (EBSCO’s interface) Independent World Cinema: Classic and Contemporary (Alexander Street interface and films to stream) Screen Studies Collection  (if you prefer ProQuest’s interface and thesaurus) Asian Film Online (videos, playlists, and ebooks) Books online or on 4F: Ex-cinema: from a theory of experimental film and video. Akira Mizuta, University of California Press, 2012.  ebook and print PN1995.9.E96 L57 2012 The Self and Its Shadow: A Book of Essays on Individuality As Negation in Philosophy and the Arts, Stephen Mulhall. Oxford University Press, 2013.  ebook and print: BD438.5.M84 2013 World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism. Lucia Nagib.  Continuum, 2011. ebook and print PN1995.9.R3 N35 2011 Self-Projection: the director’s image in art cinema, Linda Haverty. University of Minnesota Press, 2014. ebook and print: PN1995.R84 2014