Preservation of the Sign Language
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| Directed by | George Veditz |
| Starring | George Veditz |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | American Sign Language |
Preservation of the Sign Language is a fourteen-minute film, presented without subtitles, featuring George Veditz, onetime president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) of the United States, demonstrating in sign language the importance of defending the right of deaf people to sign as opposed to verbalizing their communication. Deafened by scarlet fever at the age of eight, Veditz was one of the first to make motion-picture recordings of American Sign Language. Taking care to sign precisely and in large gestures for the cameras, Veditz chose fiery biblical passages to give his speech emotional impact. In some of his films, Veditz used finger spelling so his gestures could be translated directly into English in venues where interpreters were present. On behalf of the NAD, Veditz made this film specifically to record sign language for posterity at a time when oralists (those who promoted lip reading and speech in lieu of sign language) were gaining momentum in the education of the deaf. The film conveys one of the ways that deaf Americans debated the issues of their language and public understanding during the era of World War I.
In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[1]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Preservation of the Sign Language essay [1] by Christopher Shea at National Film Registry
- Preservation of the Sign Language at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Bibliographic record for Preservation of the Sign Language at the Library of Congress, including a digital viewing copy
- Preservation of the Sign Language at NAD
- Preservation of the Sign Language essay Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). pages 10–13 [2]
