Featuring Q&A with filmmaker Judy Lieff

About the film: Deaf Jam is the story of deaf teen Aneta Brodski's bold journey into the spoken word slam scene. In a wondrous twist, Aneta, an Israeli immigrant living in the Queens section of New York City, eventually meets Tahani, a hearing Palestinian slam poet. The two women embark on a collaboration/performance duet creating a new form of slam poetry that speaks to both the hearing and the Deaf.

This event is part of the virtual series "Imagining Change: Film and Dialogue About Disability, Racism, Violence, Gender and Power". The series is a collaboration between Repair and the UCLA Disability Studies program in conjunction with the UCLA Disability Inclusion Lab.

The film and discussion will be closed-captioned. For requests or questions related to disability access, contact: [email protected]

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