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A poignant portrait of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of love at both ends of the twentieth century, Zeinabu irene Davis's film is a groundbreaking story of inclusion and visibility. In dual performances, Michelle A. Banks and John Earl Jelks play an educated dressmaker and an illi...

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Other Authors:	Chéry, Marc Arthur (Screenwriter), Jelks, John Earl (Actor), Banks, Michelle A. (Actor), Cobb, Nirvana (Actor), Davis, Kevin L. (Actor), Désir, Pierre H. L. (director of photography.), Robinson, Reginald R. (composer (expression)), Jali, Atiba Y. (composer (expression)), Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Sign languages
Language Notes:	Chiefly silent; some dialogue in English and American Sign Language; optional English SDH and descriptive audio.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2025]
Edition:	Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 1274.
Subjects:	African American women > Drama. Deaf women > Drama. Discrimination > United States > Drama. African Americans > 20th century > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Deaf women. Discrimination. African Americans. Man-woman relationships. African American women. United States. 1900-1999 Historical films. Short films. Silent films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

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Published 1999

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