‘Coming Out’ is a fantastic short film signed in BSL (British Sign Language) with subtitles and a great twist at the end.
The premiere of this film was at last January’s London Deaf Film Festival. The film went on to win a Clin d’Oeil European Video Award in Paris, and last weekend won best foreign film voted by the audience at the Viittomakielinen filmifestivaali, a deaf film festival in Finland.- Via Grumpy Old Deafies
I’d love to know what you think of it…
(Length of film: 6 minutes)
Temma, my 18 yo daughter’s response was that this video is funny & communicates how deafness is ignored & considered a dirty thing to be hidden. I think it’s great in that it does the latter & seeks to use the metaphor of homosexuality to do this. While it could have been a tighter script (as a writer, I can’t help but notice) with shorter sharper scenes, I think it’s really clever & worth watching.
oh I’m so glad you watched it :)
the main reason I posted it is because I think it’s a clever way of highlighting a major truth about sign language. Many hearing parents are in denial that their children are deaf.
Also it’s such a beautiful language.
I spent almost ten years working as an Auslan (Aus sign language) interpreter in Melbourne and Sydney and I do miss it a lot. My skills have slipped too unfortunately.
In any case, I’ve been getting back into doing some research on deafness and UX lately, so this isn’t the last post i’ll make on the topic I’d say :)