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Independent Lens | Sign Language is Who I Am | PBS

Duration: 02:26
Program: Independent Lens #1304
Broadcast Date: Nov. 3, 2011

Deaf Jam is the story of Aneta Brodski's discovery of American Sign Language Poetry while a student at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Queens, NY. Her enthusiasm and strong character lead her to embrace the performance form, and step into the established slam poetry scene.

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Post Date: October 3, 2011