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This selection – in partnership with the New Zealand Film...
A documentary about NZ’s deaf community
A classic film about a marginalised deaf boy
A classic film where deafness is a key theme
Another film with a death by drowning
‘Bernie’ played by Michael Lawrence in this film
Another Peter Salmon and Liz DiFiore production
Kidult thriller starring a young deaf girl
A 1969 documentary on deafness
Short documentary about NZ's first deaf MP
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But despite that, his dad is there for him, in the end. That's what this is about. :-)
wow that was sad, beautiful and thought provoking.