Deaf President Now Trailer

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Transcript

00:00There's a firestorm this evening at Gallaudet University.

00:09The world's only deaf university.

00:13The time was now to light a match.

00:18The school's board of trustees bypassed two deaf candidates for the school's presidency

00:23in favor of a woman who can hear.

00:26We wanted to scream out.

00:30But how do you scream out in our language?

00:36We knew we would have to have a plan.

00:38Together we're united.

00:40We pull all the fire alarms.

00:44And everyone would know to go outside.

00:47The lights started flickering and I could feel the vibration.

00:53We locked all the gates.

00:55And students blocked any entrance to the campus.

00:58My grandfather called me and he said,

01:01Oh, Lord.

01:06I caught it too decent, please.

01:09You'll be on the rest.

01:10We're from a sidewalk, sir.

01:12We give up our soul in order to get a deaf president.

01:15It wasn't just about getting a deaf president.

01:20It was more than that.

01:24We couldn't accept a leader who didn't understand our world.

01:29She said deaf people are not ready to function in a hearing world.

01:34You heard it right.

01:34I did not say that.

01:38This is not just a protest.

01:40It's a revolution.

01:50We hear all the time,

01:52you can't, you can't.

01:53No, not this time.

02:01Deaf can.

02:02We hear it.

02:04We hear it.

02:17We hear it.

02:20We hear it.