Deaf President Now!

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"Deaf President Now!" recounts the eight days of historic protests held at Gallaudet University in 1988 after the school's board of trustees appointed a hearing president over several very qualified Deaf candidates. After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university's first Deaf president. The protests marked a pivotal moment in civil rights history, with an impact that extended well beyond the Gallaudet campus, and paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

It’s a stealthy formal triumph that refines existing cinematic language and adds brand new words and phrases to the vocabulary, as it were, because that’s what was needed to do justice to its subject matter.

Rated: 4/4

May 16, 2025

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Christian Blauvelt

IndieWire

An extraordinary portrait of one pivotal week in the history of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.

Rated: B+

May 16, 2025

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

Among its virtues, the film also captures the enormous affection for Gallaudet that its students held, and still do, and the sense of belonging it offered to those who had grown up in a world of much sound and less sympathy.

May 15, 2025

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Inspirational without turning heavy-handed, this galvanizing documentary offers a valuable civil-rights history lesson along with the power to change moviegoer perspectives regarding disabilities.

May 16, 2025

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Nadir Samara

Screen Rant

Deaf President Now! is never redundant and always urgent. It'll surely make your heart explode in happiness.

Rated: 8/10

May 16, 2025

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Collin Garbarino

WORLD

Deaf President Now! isn’t just the story of this single moment. It uses the events of that one week at Gallaudet as a window into the deaf world.

May 16, 2025

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"Deaf President Now!" recounts the eight days of historic protests held at Gallaudet University in 1988 after the school's board of trustees appointed a hearing president over several very qualified Deaf candidates. After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university's first Deaf president. The protests marked a pivotal moment in civil rights history, with an impact that extended well beyond the Gallaudet campus, and paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Director: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim
Producer: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim, Michael Harte, Jonathan King, Amanda Rohlke
Distributor: Apple 온라인카지노추천+
Production Co: Concordia Studio
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2025
Runtime: 1h 39m

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