Silent Lotus
By: Lancit Media Productions ; Great Plains National TV Library and WNED-TV ; produced by Stacy Raider ; directed by Mark Mannucci ; written by Ronnie Kraus
Contributors: Salonga, Lea; Lee, Jeanne M.; Lancit Media Productions; Great Plains National Instructional Television Library; WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Series: Reading rainbow -- 95; Reading rainbow -- 95.
Publisher: GPN
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Mutism; People with disabilities; Children's television programs; Dance; Deaf; Fiction
Other titles: Reading rainbow.
Description: Segment of the television program featuring the story about a little Cambodian girl. Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods. Also discusses sign language.
Notes: Timing from container.

Based on the book by Jeanne M. Lee.

Read by Lea Salonga.

Director of photography, Dean Parisot ; editor, James C. Wright ; music, Steve Horelick.

Hosted by LeVar Burton.

Primary-elementary grades.

NTSC.

VHS.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.