Coming Together: A one-hour documentary on the history of Wellington Deaf Society and its members. The WDS board decided to create the documentary after the Club’s 50th anniversary in 1988. Tony Cowan, Angela Lannon, and Grant Griffin-Brown interviewed other members of WDS and the wider Deaf community, led by Maureen Tompson, who was then the liaison person at WDS. It took six months during 1989 to put this documentary together, and it was released in 1990. Most of the filming was done at the WDS’s old rental property at 280 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington. In the documentary, various people talk about their life experiences, such as Toni Rees, and Florrie Burr who was interviewed at her home in Napier.
Coming Together: A video history of Wellington Deaf Society
1990 •
- Deaf Clubs
- TV/Media
A documentary about Wellington Deaf Society created after the 50th anniversary of WDS back in 1988. It includes historic shots of the old WDS at 280 Willis Street, Te Aro, as well as interviews with some of its members.
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Wellington Deaf Society
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VHS
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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, WDS01-01-DC00
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