A look at the 1988 “Deaf President Now” protest at Gallaudet University which includes interviews with Greg Hlibok, Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne, Jerry Covell, and Dr. I. King Jordan.
Stories include memories of the Holocaust, a play about baseball legend Dummy Hoy, writer Yvonne Pitrois, painter Arthur Bryant, and a deafness encyclopedia.
Stories include educational leader Andrew Foster, Commission on Education of the Deaf, accessibility services at national tourist attractions, “World Around You” magazine, “Sign ’n Sweat” aerobics video, and photographer Theophilus D’Estrella.
Stories include Black Horse Troop, pilot Doug Tong, European handball, former police sergeant Robert Eldridge, World Games for the Deaf preview, and scholar John Kitto.
Stories include the National Association of the Deaf convention and Miss Deaf America pageant in Charleston, South Carolina, Gallaudet University Center on Deafness in Hawaii, Sign Wave performing group, author/humorist Ken Glickman, and actor/writer Albert Ballin.
Stories include the Mini Deaf Olympics in Kentucky, author Frances Parsons, boxer David Davis, dancing children and senior citizens, Summer Dance and Theatre Institute, and businessman David Watson of Mexico.
Stories include the World Deaf Timberfest in Oregon, Japanese Deaf Theatre, Busch Gardens in Virginia, author/film historian John Schuchman, and Alaskan pioneer/pharmacist Francis Dudley Sheldon.
Stories include Gallaudet University president Dr. I. King Jordan, Tripod educational program for children, author Carol Padden, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference in El Paso, Texas, and poet/scholar Alice McVan.
This episode explores the role of deaf people in theatre, film, television, and dance and features archival footage and interviews with various talented professionals.
This episode features the 1989 World Games for the Deaf held in Christchurch, New Zealand. Athletes from more than 30 countries competed in various sports.
A special program is presented about mental health issues experienced by deaf people and their difficulties in receiving competent counseling and treatment.
Stories include deaf entrepreneurs, author Jack Gannon, Pearl Harbor's 1941 attack, karate champion Patty Lord, and actor/dancer Sam Edwards.
Stories include Australian captioning, First Lady Barbara Bush, Rochester's TV show "Hey Listen", Deaf Artists of America, actress Phyllis Frelich, and the history of deaf drivers.
Featured in this show are highlights of the international conference, Deaf Way, in 1989. Deaf performers, dancers, and deaf scholars from around the world are spotlighted.
Featured in this show are highlights of the Opening Gala performance at Deaf Way in 1989. Deaf performers from the United States, Soviet Union, France, and Japan are spotlighted.
Stories include Dr. Robert Davila, the highest ranking deaf man in the federal government; the American Postal Workers Union; FANTASTIC, a television program for deaf children; Matthew Moore of DEAF LIFE magazine; and a history of the controversy between manual and oral education.
This episode provides a look at various residential schools including the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, the Lexington School for the Deaf in New York, and the Illinois School for the Deaf. Also included are stories on the life of Laurent Clerc and The Bicultural Center in Riverdale, M...
Members of the community memorialize people with AIDS as part of the national AIDS quilt project; author/physician Oliver Sacks examines the role of language in Deaf identity and culture in his book 'Seeing Voices'; the Canadian community protests against certain educational 'reforms'; and 'Mosai...
This episode features Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, an information and social services organization; USA TODAY's outreach to deaf people; life in New Zealand; and an entrepreneur who provides vital parts to the national defense. "Mosaic Memoirs" looks back on World War II.
The 5th Anniversary of "Deaf Mosaic" brings viewers to behind the scenes of this popular magazine program. It features Gil Eastman, Mary Lou Novitsky and the production staff from Gallaudet University.
"Dateline: Beirut" is an award-winning report on the tragedy of Beirut as seen by Alec Naiman, a New Yorker who traveled to Lebanon with a video camera. Naiman met with members of the Lebanese community who shared their stories about living in a war zone.
Featured are the World Games for the Deaf in Banff, a bicycle club, Merrill Lynch's services, an architect, and an airport paging system for deaf travelers.
Stories include 911 accessibility, mapmakers, a model railroad train builder, WW II military schools, and rodeo stars.
Stories include the National Association of the Deaf financial crisis, drug and alcohol abuse, actor Richard Dysart, astronomer Richard Goodricke, and animator Mark Fisher.
