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Speechless - A short film by 'Team Postmasters'
Before you watch this award winning short movie “Speechless”, let me know what mood you are in? Now, how about I make your mood more happier. Check out Speechless video by Team Postmasters, which was made in 48 hours. This short Indian movie won various award and it’s perfect treat for the day. This movie is in hindi, but have English subtitles.
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Dear Director Sri Kekare,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your willingness to incorporate input from the Deaf Community in future productions you might be involved in.
You must be aware from the postings on Postmasters’ Facebook page and from your talks with Ms. Arathy Manoharan that the Indian Deaf community is very upset at the liberties you took with their mother tongue and the use of hearing actors instead of Deaf actors in your short-film ‘Speechless’.
No, we are not overreacting. Just imagine if you had made a similar short film with focus on, say, Tamil-speaking people. Would you have used Punjabi actors speaking broken Tamil with Punjabi vocabulary interspersed here and there? Can you imagine the horrific reaction of the Tamilian population? This is just to illustrate the furor that the short film had caused among the Deaf people in India and other countries. However, this was an honest mistake and we forgive that. Your sincerity in involving Deaf people in the future is much appreciated.
Here are our suggestions:
1. Contact local Deaf club or organizations and learn about them and also find out possible deaf persons to act in the film.
2. If there are none, contact the National Association of the Deaf (as_narayanan@hotmail.com) for information about Deaf culture, ISL and Deaf actors.
3. Contact professionals in the field such as Islam Ul Haque (islamhq@gmail.com) and Dr. Surinder Randhawa (spkr61@gmail.com) on queries related to Deaf people and Indian Sign Language.
We will be more than happy to collaborate with you and provide any kind of support you need.
Thank you very much for your willingness to work with us.
Sincerely,
Sagar Kothari
Arathy Manoharan