The story of Yollie, a shy, withdrawn deaf child, and her meeting with a mime. Yollie is entranced by Jeff, a mime artist who comes to perform for her class. Jeff teaches her some mime routines and they perform together for the whole school. As Yollie says goodbye to Jeff she discovers that he too has a hearing problem.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323576
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Performance art
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children, Deaf
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children, Deaf
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Deaf
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Deafness
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hearing impaired
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)