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Brian H. Greenwald, PhDDirector of Schuchman Center& Professor of HistorySLCC 1301 and HMB S235EEmail
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Do you have a story to tell? How do you see the world? Show us your creativity and unique worldview! The Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center invites you to create a 60-second documentary!
Entries will be accepted from Gallaudet undergraduates for a cash prize. Team entries are permitted. Prize money will be divided amongst team members.
1st place $350, Runner up: $100
Submission deadline: March 30, 2022.
Documentaries will be judged by the Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center team: filmmakers, artists, writers, and educators. Scoring criteria will be based on originality, creativity, plot, pacing, structure, characters, and cinematography.
Winners will be announced April 21, 2022.
Requirements:
Film length: 60 seconds maximum, including title and credits.
Film technique: horizontal orientation with a mobile device.
Captions required.
Still images and historic videos may be used (ensure usage rights and permissions)
Instructions:
Stories of Deaf Returned Peace Corps Volunteers is a short documentary produced by Gideon Firl, ‘21, who started his internship at the Schuchman Center before the pandemic and completed the film while working remotely. The 14-minute film uses images from Deaf Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) and interview clips filmed in 2011 by Elizabeth Sorkin. The film highlights the relationships between Peace Corps Volunteers and communities they served, as well as the reciprocal learning that took place.
In Our Own Words: Deaf Perspectives in Oral History and Public History Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM EST For more information and register here.
After two years of research, Brianna DiGiovanni, a graduate intern in the Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center, created a "Story Map" about Deaf New York City. See Brianna's announcement and be sure and view the Story Map! https://arcg.is/049fen
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Deaf life during the pandemic was the subject of a May 12, 2020 panel discussion hosted by the Center. Five Deaf New Yorkers: Roxanna Aguilo, Carlos Aponte-Salcedo, Jr., Patrice Creamer, Marina Fanshteyn, and Alexandria Pucciarelli-Miller shared cultural, physical and access issues. The panelists, one from each NYC borough, responded to questions from Gallaudet History major and soon-to-be graduate student Brianna DiGiovanni, '20. The 1 hour panel is online here.
This panel was part of a documentation effort that received major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (Grant # - ZH-252962) and ZVRS/Purple. Additional support came from the Gary S. & Margaret D. Anderson Family Foundation, the Kantor Foundation, the Hebrew Association of the Deaf, Union League of the Deaf, and numerous individuals.
Challenge Grant Awarded for Deaf NYC Story Gallaudet's newly renamed Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center (formerly the Center for Deaf Documentary Studies) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a major challenge grant. To read more, click here.
The Deaf NYC project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and ZVRS.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Deaf NYC project: ZH-252962 do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. About the National Endowment for the Humanities:Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.
You're Invited! Please join the Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center for a virtual panel: Tuesday, May 12, 2020. 1-2 p.m. EST
07/16/19, An online exhibit about Deaf printers is the latest project by the Schuchman Center.
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