d/Deaf and HoH characters/people, culture, and/or featuring sign language
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- DirectorChrissy MarshallStarsLayne AppfelSophia MoralesLynne EnnisA deeply intimate and poignant depiction of the lives of Sarah and Marie, two deaf partners.Deaf director and Deaf cast
- DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.Deaf cast but main CODA character played by non CODA actress
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsGemma ChanRichard MaddenAngelina JolieThe saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.Deaf actress Lauren Ridloff plays Marvel's first Deaf superhero and uses ASL
- CreatorMarion DayreStarsAlaqua CoxChaske SpencerTantoo CardinalMaya Lopez must face her past, reconnect with her Native American roots, and embrace the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward.Deaf actress Alaqua Cox plays the Deaf main character Echo
- DirectorRiani SinggihGrowing up as a deaf individual in Indonesia, Mufi was taught to speak instead of sign. As an adult, now she carves her music career to inspire others to express themselves through sign language. When Mufi was diagnosed as deaf at her early age, her parents insisted on moving to the capital city to get access to a proper education. Unfortunately, like any other Indonesian deaf people, they're taught to communicate more orally at school rather than using sign language. Living as the only deaf person in the family, Mufi felt left out in a lot of the family's conversations due to struggling to comprehend the fast conversation. Only after Mufi has grown, she started to use the sign language on a daily basis with her closest friends. After finding her safe space, through her work Mufi aims to show her identity as a deaf artist.
- DirectorBrad BaruhStarsRichie PalmerStephen BroussardSydney FreelandGo behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series "Echo".
- DirectorTristram ShapeeroStarsJoel McHaleGillian JacobsDanny PudiAnnie and Hickey fight Greendale bureaucracy to install a bulletin board, Abed learns a lesson about sign language, and the others discover the challenges of planning a properly sensitive school dance.HoH actress Katie Leclerc plays a deaf character who signs and Abed learns ASL in this episode
- DirectorCherien DabisStarsSteve MartinMartin ShortSelena GomezWith the investigation scratching at a web of old crimes originating inside the building, a mysterious young man turns the tables to spy on Charles, Oliver and Mabel.Deaf actor portrays Deaf character Theo on this show. This episode is entirely from his character's perspective
- DirectorJudy LieffStarsAneta BrodskiTahani SalahTerryleneIn Deaf Jam, a Deaf New York City teen is introduced to sign language poetry and boldly enters the spoken word slam scene.
- DirectorEmilio InsoleraStarsEmilio InsoleraBenjamin BahanHiroshi VavaThe world's first deaf superheroes with superpowers through the use of sign language.
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsKarin ViardFrançois DamiensEric ElmosninoA girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.The French-Belgian movie CODA is a remake of. Hearing actors play Deaf roles and the French Sign Language has mistakes apparently. Julia "What is awkward is that French Sign Language is not respected. There are many mistakes. During the preview in Toulouse, on 31 October 2014, the deaf audience needed to read the subtitles, as it could not understand what was being signed on the screen"
- DirectorJevon WhetterStarsMatthew Del NegroAlaqua CoxGrace ByersThere are no barriers for champions, only hurdles.
- DirectorPeter Hoffman KimballStarsBellamie BachledaEddie BuckDaniel DurantFeaturing an entirely Deaf cast and shot exclusively in American Sign Language, this is the story of a married couple who - after having tragically lost a child -seeks out a new, experimental therapy. Their grief is consuming them, destroying their marriage, and driving a wedge between them and the rest of society. They have found the only therapist who might be able to help them - but his process could be worse than anyone imagined.
- DirectorRanda HainesStarsWilliam HurtMarlee MatlinPiper LaurieA new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.Features Deaf actress Marlee Matlin playing a Deaf character
- DirectorPeter Hoffman KimballA moving and personal film narrated by a boy with a deaf younger brother. When his family learns that his younger brother is deaf, he and his family try their best to get to know his younger brother, and what it means to be deaf.
- CreatorLaurie NunnStarsAsa ButterfieldGillian AndersonNcuti GatwaA teenage boy with a sex-therapist mother teams up with a high-school classmate to set up an underground sex-therapy clinic at school.Season 4 has a deaf character named Aisha played by Deaf actress Alexandra James.
- StarsKaramo BrownTan FranceAntoni PorowskiThe athletics director at the Louisiana School for the Deaf strives to save the football program while learning to pour some energy back into himself.
- 2000–202440mTV-MA8.4 (1.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorJeff SchafferStarsLarry DavidJeff GarlinSusie EssmanLarry's improved golf game causes trouble with an acclaimed actor. Freddy helps his neighbours through a delicate issue.Features Deaf actor Troy Kotsur playing himself
- DirectorJustin TanStarsQuinta BrunsonTyler James WilliamsJanelle JamesGregory is hesitant when kids start hanging out in his classroom at lunch, looking to him for advice; Barbara is shocked to find Tariq is dating the mother of one of her students; Janine and Jacob try to hire an ASL interpreter.
- DirectorMyroslav SlaboshpytskyiStarsHryhoriy FesenkoYana NovikovaRosa BabiyA deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
- DirectorPetra Katharina WagnerStarsClaudia MichelsenAnne ZanderBenjamin PiwkoTwo-year-old Mila is deaf. During an examination it is found out, that she could hear again with an implant. Nevertheless, her parents are against it. A judge now has to decide.
- DirectorDiane GareyLawrence R. HottStarsLinda GabrielStockard ChanningEd ChevyHistory Through Deaf Eyes will take a look at Deaf culture from the 19th century to the present. The 120 minute production for PBS will include short films.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateNaoko YamadaStarsMiyu IrinoSaori HayamiAoi YûkiA deaf girl, Shoko, is bullied by the popular Shoya. As Shoya continues to bully Shoko, the class turns its back on him. Shoko transfers and Shoya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shoya finds Shoko to make amends.
- CreatorSuu MorishitaStarsSumire MorohoshiYu MiyazakiTakeo OtsukaWhen Yuki meets a handsome stranger who helps her out on the train, what sort of relationship will bloom? Could this be something real? Or will these feelings melt away with the snow?
- CreatorLizzy WeissStarsKatie LeclercVanessa MaranoConstance MarieBay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother. Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age, was raised by a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. One day they discover they were switched at birth.