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202213 minPGdoc-short

Seeing Thunder

202213 minPGdoc-short

In the deaf community, people face challenges of identity and communication while living between deaf and hearing worlds.

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In the deaf community, people face challenges of identity and communication while living between deaf and hearing worlds.

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A documentary that threads on the hidden conundrums in the deaf world. Within the deaf and the hearing world is a fine line - so what's it like to live within as an in-betweener?

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