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The School for the Deaf at the Alabama Institute is organized around a theory of total communication, i.e. the use of signs and finger spelling in conjunction with speech, hearing aids, lip reading, gestures and the written word.
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Audiences 74GoodWatch 80
IMDb7.4
Running time
2 h 44 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +68 min on the typical 96
typical 96164Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1986
December 2, 1986
40 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Frederick Wiseman Director, Producer, Editor
Camera · 3
- John Davey Director of Photography
- Ollie Hallowell Assistant Camera
- Evan Eames Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Stephanie Munroe Assistant Editor
- Lindsay Mofford Assistant Editor
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Film 2 of 4 · after Blind · then Adjustment & Work
- Blind (1986)
GoodWatch score 70Film 1
- Deaf (1986)
GoodWatch score 79You're here
- Adjustment & Work (1986)
GoodWatch score 70Film 3
- Multi-Handicapped (1986)
GoodWatch score 67Film 4
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