Signs of Life (Captioned)

Australia, 1989

Film
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The Australian Deaf Community has been an unknown and misunderstood minority group for far too long. In this lively, informative video, the stereotypes are blown away. Here we see deaf people leading normal, purposeful lives, participating in a wide range of activities which their thriving community supports and talking about their lives with inspiring candour, insight and humour.

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Credits

production company

Brisbane College of Advanced Education AV Prod Unit

Duration

00:40:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300749

Language

English

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Deafness

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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