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Dövmedvetande (2008)

Dövmedvetande poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Sweden

How it feels

This documentary covers the struggle for sign language rights in Sweden from the 1950s to the 1980s. It also looks at the history of sign language through personal stories.

educationalthoughtfulhistoricalinformativesoberpersonaladvocacy-drivenretrospective

What happens

Dövmedvetande är en svensk dokumentärfilm från 2008 i regi av Patrik Nordell och Maria Sundholm. Filmen skildrar dövas kamp för rätten till teckenspråk i Sverige mellan 1950 och 1980 och tar även upp teckenspråkets historia. Filmen premiärvisades 29 november 2008 på biografen Zita i Stockholm som en del av en dövfilmsfestival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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