Movies and TvShows featuring "asl" theme.

WHAT? is a black and white, silent (and signing) comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own hands.

George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language and has no sub- or intertitles.

The coming-of-age drama tells the true story of an all-deaf high school track & field team from the Oregon School for the Deaf. The team overcame discrimination and adversity on their way to an unprecedented victory against much larger Oregon public schools—becoming the Oregon State Track & Field Champions in 1986.

The NYC agent Tom Clerc, deaf and carrier of a powerful gene mutation that enables him to create superpowers through the use of Sign language, is sent to Japan with his colleague to investigate various intriguing crimes committed by Japanese Deaf mutants.

Since August is a moving drama that follows the journey of Anna, a young deaf woman, who discovers her passion for American Sign Language (ASL) and uses it as a means to overcome obstacles and build a fulfilling life. Throughout the film, Anna faces challenges, finds love, and learns to embrace her identity and uniqueness.

See What I Say is a 1981 American short documentary film produced by Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The subjects of the film are hearing-impaired women who discuss their use of sign language.

Caleb is a dancer. He's also deaf. Caleb hears music through feeling—and when he meets Thaddeus, a local musician, he begins to feel a lot. A mutual interest in music (and one another) brings the two young men together. Sometimes, love doesn't have to be complicated.

On December 6, 1917, 2 ships colliding in Halifax Harbour led to one of largest explosions ever. The Halifax School for the Deaf was near, yet, all survived. How? Amazing stories of community and survival are shared in ASL and MSL.

Deaf gay parents Alan and Brian brought their hearing twin children home from India to NYC in 2011 after a long difficult surrogacy process. While expanding their sign language teaching business and maneuvering their relationship, the couple need to cope with their increasingly rambunctious kids who start shrieking "you don't understand me" to their fathers. "Loud Love" is their story, a documentary about parenting, growth and its occasional hurdles.