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Ce long métrage documentaire met en scène de jeunes artistes sourds qui, après avoir passé une enfance inconfortable dans la zone grise entre les cultures orale et sourde, sont entrés dans l’âge adulte en proclamant leur identité sourde. Ce film démontre comment ils contribuent à bâtir et à faire rayonner la culture sourde, par la voie des arts.
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Ce long métrage documentaire met en scène de jeunes artistes sourds qui, après avoir passé une enfance inconfortable dans la zone grise entre les cultures orale et sourde, sont entrés dans l’âge adulte en proclamant leur identité sourde. Ce film démontre comment ils contribuent à bâtir et à faire rayonner la culture sourde, par la voie des arts.

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  • direction
    Yves Étienne Massicotte
  • script
    Yves Étienne Massicotte
  • research
    Yves Étienne Massicotte
    Doris Lapierre
    Chantal Deguire
  • None
    François Vincelette
    Jean-Pierre St-Louis
    Carl Elster
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Hélène Brisebois
    Luc Ledoux
  • sound
    Mélanie Gauthier
    Olivier Léger
  • picture editing
    Louise Côté
  • original music
    Daniel Toussaint
  • location photographer
    François Vincelette
  • assistant cameraman
    Frédérique Vincelette
  • production direction
    Doris Lapierre
  • cast
    Benoît Belec
    René Blanchet
    Josée-Sarah Bower
    Hélène Brisebois
    Rosie-Anne Brisebois-Dubé
    Nathalie Desbois
    Lyne Gargano
    Thierry Labonté
    Denise Lefebvre
    Chantal Léonard
    Marie-Lyne Petit
    Lise St-Louis
    Nicholas Watson
  • editing assistant
    Emmanuel Albano
    Christopher Logan
    Amanda Terfloth
  • visual effects
    Jeff Ridout
  • sound design
    Daniel Toussaint
  • sound editing
    Daniel Toussaint
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • musician
    Daniel Toussaint
    Michel Ouellet
  • titles in Quebec signed language
    Chantal Deguire
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • infographics
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • marketing officer
    Geneviève Bérard
  • administrator
    Geneviève Duguay
    Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
  • administrative assistant
    Vanessa Emam
    Ai Rei Dooh-Tousignant
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Claveau
    Steve Hallé
    Mira Mailhot
  • techno support
    Pierre Dupont
    Marcus Matyas
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • producer
    Anne-Marie Rocher
    Dominic Desjardins
  • executive producer
    Jacques Turgeon
    Dominic Desjardins

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Ages 10 to 17
School subjects
Arts Education - Visual Arts Diversity - Identity Family Studies/Home Economics - Relationships Health/Personal Development - Careers & Education

Although deafness is often seen as a handicap, the people in this film prove that it can be an asset. Ask your students to analyze the film in this vein, to question how differences are viewed in their own community, and to explore the world of deaf people through their language and culture. What suggestions do your students have to better integrate the deaf and improve dialogue and sharing?

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