May 11, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FILM ON TEXAS DEAF HISTORY TO PREMIERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN JUNE

AUSTIN, TX- The Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) and Davideo Productions will host its world premiere of a documentary film about TAD on June 11, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.

JOURNEY THROUGH DEAF TEXAS chronicles the history of TAD since its inception in 1886 and its historic accomplishments that have had an impact on deaf and hard of hearing Texans. This film will kick off the 45th biennial TAD conference at the El Tropicana Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio on June 12 & 13, 2009.

This film took more than two years to produce and was made possible through a grant from the Travis County Council of the Deaf and subsequent funding from TAD. The film was co-produced, directed, and edited by David H. Pierce who has worked in the television industry for 24 years.

Stephen C. Baldwin, Ph.D., president of TAD, co-producer, writer, and researcher of the film, says that "the film is not all about politics and legislative endeavors, but it has sentimental moments about leadership, failures, triumphs, ignorance, apathy and the need to continue to work on making lives better for the Texas Deaf Community."

It will be screened at 7pm at the Buena Vista Theatre located at the University of Texas-San Antonio downtown campus on 501 W. Durango in San Antonio. General admission for this fundraiser is $5. Funds raised will be used for further distribution of the film as well as the production of a book to accompany the film.

Texas Association of the Deaf is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization established in 1886 to safeguard the rights of deaf and hard of hearing Texans. More information can be found at wwww.deaftexas.org

Davideo Productions is a motion picture film & broadcast television production, syndication and consulting firm based in Seguin, Texas and is owned by deaf broadcast/cable veteran David H. Pierce. More information can be found at www.davideo.tv