This was a little odd and it seemed choppy, but I think, and it wasn't until near the end, this I finally got the point of this.
It really wasn't really about Amari or Teddy as much as it was about this Maryland School for the deaf football team and it's long winning streak and what the future may hold for these young Deaf men and women as they leave a supportive environment and go into the hearing world.
So if you look at it from the point of view that, this is just a little microcosm, a small slice of life view of this school for the Deaf, Deaf teenagers, Deaf culture, and the lives of just want a few Deaf kids and what was going on with their lives in this moment in time, then I can understand better what the film was going for. We really didn't get a lot about the child Teddy who was bullied and hearing school and ended up taking his life. I think if we learned a little bit more about him at the beginning and then we segued into the story of the school for the deaf with Amari as the focus, the film with have come across more coherent.
It was a bit annoying to not be able to turn off the captions. I know sign language and while I always watch with captions on it's distracting when I'm trying to watch people signing.
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Football player Amaree McKenstry-Hall and his Maryland School for the Deaf teammates attempt to defend their winning streak while coming to terms with the tragic loss of a close friend.
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September 01, 2022 at 08:31 AM
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A Rather Odd Very Short Doc
deafness-themed movies made their mark at the Oscars
At the 94th Academy Awards last week, "CODA" won Best Picture. That focus on the daughter of a deaf family was undeniably one of the year's best.
There was another deafness-themed production nominated that night. Matthew Ogens's "Audible" focuses on the Maryland School for the Deaf, and how the students play sports as well as come to terms with a friend's suicide.
Most of the documentary is told in sign language with subtitles. Rarely have I seen something like this. One of the most impressive documentary shorts out there. Definitely check it out.
Great one
I like this one. For some this can be seen as poverty porn or exploitation, but I think this kind of films/docs are necessary to show us a different reality and a reality that...should not be a reality anymore. Especially in the US. Honestly, I don't know what the hell you all are doing wrong to have so many people on this situation (or the health costs, or the guns problems or...), being the most powerful and 1st economy in the world...
Interesting POV from these people and I must admit that some looks in the eyes of these people where authentic punches in my soul.