Deaf President Now!” filmmakers say the new documentary about 1988 protests at Gallaudet University can inspire young people who feel “they’re living in a tumultuous world.” ...

Gallaudet University — founded in 1864 as a school ... To tell the story, “Deaf President Now!” weaves together archival footage and contemporary interviews with a number of the students ...

Their demand is simple: they want a deaf president. Now. Gallaudet University, in Washington DC, had never had a deaf president in its 124-year history. So when the board of trustees elected another ...

A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.

“Deaf President Now!” — a title that comes from ... was that in some way, Gallaudet was not a university, but rather a charitable institution. Spilman was accused of even saying that she ...

Deaf President Now!' is so much a part of my community's history ... The 100-minute documentary recounts the eight days of historic protests held at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. in 1988 ...

The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s firs ...

Deaf President ... protest at Gallaudet University – the world’s only all-deaf university – in response to the institution’s selection of a hearing person as its president.

A documentary revisits the protests at Gallaudet University, an institution for the deaf, that erupted in 1988 when the board appointed a hearing president.

The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s first deaf president ...