1984 "Deaf Literature" American Culture: The Deaf Perspective, Ep. 3/4
Channel: San Francisco Public Library
Date: 2018-01-08

Deaf artists offer examples of American Sign Language poetry, discuss the qualities of plays, theatrical performances and television programs created for a Deaf audience and explain how literature created in ASL is different from English literature translated into ASL.
Host: Freda Norman. Also featured (in order of appearance): Marlon Kuntze, Don Bangs, Leo Jacobs, Ella Mae Lentz, Gilbert Eastman and Patrick Graybill.
Produced by: San Francisco Public Library and D.E.A.F. Media, Inc.
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities, San Francisco Foundation, California Broadcasting Commission, California Council for the Humanities, Sony Broadcast and Positive Video.
Learn more about Deaf Culture at www.SFPL.org/DeafServices