Thursday's Children (1954)
- Directed by
- Lindsay Anderson
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows children at a residential school for the deaf in Kent. It shows how they learn lip reading and other communication skills through classroom exercises and play.
observationaltenderupbeateducationalintimateearnestquietly inspiring
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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