{"id":17000,"date":"2012-03-26T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=17000"},"modified":"2012-03-26T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:36:12","slug":"deaf-entertainers-documentary-to-be-shown-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_26_2012\/deaf-entertainers-documentary-to-be-shown-march-27","title":{"rendered":"Deaf entertainers documentary to be shown March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-what-i-m-saying-the-deaf-entertainers-documentary1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-what-i-m-saying-the-deaf-entertainers-documentary1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"see-what-i-m-saying-the-deaf-entertainers-documentary\" width=\"268\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-what-i-m-saying-the-deaf-entertainers-documentary1.jpg 268w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-what-i-m-saying-the-deaf-entertainers-documentary1-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>The Disability Studies Program will present a documentary that helps give insight into Deaf culture.<\/p>\n<p><P>The film, \u201cSee What I\u2019m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary,\u201d will be shown Tuesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Field House Room 2100.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis film can show us how vital and active Deaf culture really is,\u201d said Dr. Jim Ferris, Ability Center of Greater Toledo Endowed Chair of Disability Studies, associate professor of communication and director of the UT Disability Studies Program. \u201cThe dominant culture thinks of Deaf culture as quiet and mopey. This documentary shows what Deaf culture is really like \u2014 smart, vibrant and active.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary follows four well-known deaf entertainers as they work to win over mainstream audiences. The film features a comedian, drummer, actor and singer.<\/p>\n<p>The free, public screening is co-sponsored by the American Sign Language Program.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Disability Studies Program at 419.530.7244.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSee What I\u2019m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary\u201d will be shown Tuesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Field House Room 2100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":506,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}