Query: Documentary films about deaf people or special education
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Goonga Pehelwan
Educating Peter
Graduating Peter
Wedding of Silence
In the Land of the Deaf
Land of Silence and Darkness
Language Says It All
See What I Say
Hear and Now
Sound and Fury (film)
Extreme Love: Autism
Thursday's Children
Touch the Sound
See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
Helen Keller in Her Story
Best Kept Secret (film)
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Audible (film)
Evidence from documents: Goonga Pehelwan: '''Goonga Pehelwan''' (from Hindi गूंगा पहलवान, meaning '''Mute wrestler''') is a documentary film on the life and struggles of Virender Singh Yadav who is regarded as one of India's most accomplished deaf athletes.
Educating Peter: '''''Educating Peter''''' is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Graduating Peter: Documentary films: '''''Graduating Peter''''' is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg.
special education: This is a sequel to the 1992 Academy Award-winning short documentary film ''Educating Peter''; where it follows the continuing adventures of Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, in his middle school and high school life as well as his high school graduation.
Wedding of Silence: '''''Wedding of Silence''''' (''Svaďba tišiny'') is a 2004 Russian documentary films directed by Pavel Medvedev. It won the Best Documentary Film award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2003. It uses Russian Sign Language.
In the Land of the Deaf: ''''In the Land of the Deaf''''' is the English title of a French documentary (''Le Pays des sourds'') created and produced by Nicolas Philibert in 1992. The film is presented French Sign Language (FSL) and French, with English subtitles and closed captions. Philibert uses sparse dialogue in creating an unsentimental, non-manipulative work which allows its subjects to communicate their feelings about the richness of life despite hearing problems.
Land of Silence and Darkness: a 1971 documentary film about deaf-blind people
Language Says It All: '''''Language Says It All''''' is a 1987 American short documentary film about deaf children and their caregivers, directed by Rhyena Halpern and produced by Halpern and Megan Williams.
See What I Say: Documentary films about deaf people: The subjects of the film are hearing-impaired women who discuss their use of sign language
Documentary films: a 1981 American short documentary film
Hear and Now: '''''Hear and Now''''' is a 2007 documentary film by Irene Taylor Brodsky, winning awards in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival; and garnering a Peabody Award in 2008.
The filmmaker's parents were both born deaf; and the couple raised children who were not deaf. Paul Taylor and his wife Sally Taylor were in their 60s when they both decided to have cochlear implant surgery, which could permit them to hear for the first time. The documentary follows what turns out to be a complicated journey from the comfortable world of silence to a profoundly challenging world of sounds and language.
Sound and Fury (film): '''''Sound and Fury''''' is a documentary film released in 2000 about two American families with young deaf children and their conflict over whether or not to give their children cochlear implants, surgically implanted devices that may improve their ability to hear but may threaten their Deaf identity.
Extreme Love: Autism: '''''Extreme Love: Autism''''' is a 2012 British documentary film by Louis Theroux.


The documentary is the first part of Theroux's ''Extreme Love'' and is followed by ''Extreme Love: Dementia''.


Theroux visits the DLC Warren school in New Jersey, one of the best schools in the United States for autism. There he meets the students and their families to get a glimpse of what life is like for them, and to experience the pleasures and the challenges faced by children with autism.
Thursday's Children: '''''Thursday's Children''''' is a 1954 British short documentary film directed by Guy Brenton and Lindsay Anderson about The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent, UK, a residential school then teaching lip reading rather than sign language.
Touch the Sound: '''''Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie''''' is a 2004 German documentary film directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer about profoundly deaf Scottish classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary: '''''See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary''''' is a 2009 documentary produced and directed by Hilari Scarl, from a screenplay by Dalan Musson.
Helen Keller in Her Story: Documentary films: '''''Helen Keller in Her Story''''' (also known as '''''The Unconquered''''') is an American biographical documentary about Helen Keller made in 1954.
about deaf people: The Academy Film Archive preserved ''Helen Keller in Her Story'' in 2006.
Helen Keller is a woman in her seventies who has been both deaf and blind since she was 19 months old, but that did not keep her from learning how to read, write, or talk (though she never was able to talk as clearly as she wished she was able to), or even from earning a college degree at the age of 24.
Best Kept Secret (film): The film aired as part of ''POV'' on PBS and focuses on a special education teacher who must find her students a place in the real world as they prepare to leave the public school system.
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God: Documentary films: '''''Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God''''' is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney.
about deaf people: The film details the first known protest against clerical sex abuse in the United States by four deaf men.
Audible (film): Documentary films: ''''Audible''''' is a 2021 American short documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Matthew Ogens. It was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 94th Academy Awards.
about deaf people: It follows Maryland School for the Deaf senior athlete Amaree McKenstry-Hall and his teammates' journey to defend their winning streak, while simultaneously coping with the tragic loss of a close friend to suicide.