Getting the deaf off their hands

Getting the deaf off their hands

Auckland film-maker Ann Andrews has embarked on a project that Television New Zealand initially regarded as unpalatable last year She is making a film about deaf people. Anne is allowing the deaf to use their first language – sign language.

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Arona Amosa

Dee Twiss

Linda Prouse

Melissa Lakeman

Melissa Lakeman

Miranda Harcourt

Miranda Harcourt

Nick McNamara

Opeti Finaulangi

Opeti Finaulangi

Rachel Locker McKee

Rachel Locker McKee

Susan Wilson

Tania Hartnell

Taonga source:

Sunday Times

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1987-011

Bibliographic source:

February 8, 1987, p.12

Author:

Yvonne Van Dongen

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