Sign on Screen Festival: Children Of a Lesser God
Sat
23
Sat 23 May 7:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Hearing Loop
Allocated Seating
119 Mins | Sign on Screen Film Festival
May
1986 | DCP | USA | D: Randa Haines
American Sign Language, English and English subtitles
Hearing speech teacher James Leeds (William Hurt) arrives at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing where he meets Sarah Norman (Marlee Matlin).
Sarah, once a top student and now the school’s janitor, is fiercely independent and initially rejects James’s interest. She gradually softens to his persistent advances. As intimacy deepens, questions of power, autonomy and communication surface. The film grounds its romance in ethical tension and allows disagreement and desire to coexist without easy resolution.
Actress Marlee Matlin whose primary language is American Sign Language (ASL) won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is the first deaf performer to ever receive an Oscar.
‘A love story brave enough to let conflict remain unresolved.’ - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Sign On Screen Festival runs from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May. All events are free. Registration is essential for individual sessions or for a Saturday and/or Sunday day pass.
Accessibility
Arc Cinema is equipped with hearing loop capability.
All workshop and panel events will be Auslan<>English interpreted and all screenings will feature English-language SDH captions.
Dom's deli and bar is available onsite for all your food and beverage needs.
Sign On Screen is a collaboration between the Australian National University, Deaf Connect, the Australian Research Council and the NFSA.
American Sign Language, English and English subtitles
Hearing speech teacher James Leeds (William Hurt) arrives at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing where he meets Sarah Norman (Marlee Matlin).
Sarah, once a top student and now the school’s janitor, is fiercely independent and initially rejects James’s interest. She gradually softens to his persistent advances. As intimacy deepens, questions of power, autonomy and communication surface. The film grounds its romance in ethical tension and allows disagreement and desire to coexist without easy resolution.
Actress Marlee Matlin whose primary language is American Sign Language (ASL) won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is the first deaf performer to ever receive an Oscar.
‘A love story brave enough to let conflict remain unresolved.’ - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
.
Sign On Screen Festival runs from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May. All events are free. Registration is essential for individual sessions or for a Saturday and/or Sunday day pass.
Accessibility
Arc Cinema is equipped with hearing loop capability.
All workshop and panel events will be Auslan<>English interpreted and all screenings will feature English-language SDH captions.
Dom's deli and bar is available onsite for all your food and beverage needs.
Sign On Screen is a collaboration between the Australian National University, Deaf Connect, the Australian Research Council and the NFSA.
May
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