Posted in: Inside TAD, TAD President's Corner by TAD Administration on November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Film showcase offering new perspective
SEGUIN — David Pierce is inviting all members of the community to take a “Journey Through Deaf Texas” at the Cinema for Everyone Film Showcase.
For the fifth year this mini film festival brings a new genre of movies to the Palace Theater said Pierce, CEO of Davideo Productions.
“Regular movie theaters do not show enough films about deaf people and their lives,” he said. “We fill this need with our film showcases which draw attendees from all over the state of Texas.”
The featured films are enjoyment for everyone, not just a stereotype, Pierce said who started the event in 2005.
“It’s a film showcase of independent films that are fully accessible to deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people through the use of sign language and open captions,” said Pierce. “People can get a good glimpse of the sub-culture of deaf people and their lives through these films produced by qualified filmmakers with firsthand knowledge of the deaf community.”
Pierce, former New York resident, was no stranger to the production world when he relocated to Seguin in 2000.
The cinematic event will be featuring five films from across the country, Pierce said.
“Two of the films were produced in Indiana, one in Pennsylvania, one in New York and one in Texas,” he said.
“Journey Through Deaf Texas” is a documentary on the history of the Texas Association of the Deaf that was filmed and produced in Seguin. The production covers the progress that the organization has made since it began in the late 1800s, said Pierce who directed, edited and co-produced the film along with co-producer and writer, Stephen C. Baldwin, PhD of Texas Association of the Deaf.
“‘Journey Through Deaf Texas’ is locally produced and is about the history of the Texas Association of the Deaf since its inception in 1886,” Pierce said.
The film showcase begins on Friday at 8 p.m. with the “Legend of the Mountain Man.” Admission is $11.
“Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox” will run Saturday, Nov. 14 at 12 p.m., admission is $7. At 3 p.m., “Journey Through Deaf Texas” will show and a donation of $3 or more to the Texas Association of the Deaf is requested. “Gerald” will show Saturday at 5 p.m. followed by “Universal Signs” at 8 p.m. Admission for both is $11.
All of the films that will be shown are equipped with sign language and open captions.
For more for more information on the films check out www.davideo.tv .
(Special thanks go to Seguin Gazette-Enterprise for granting Texas Association of the Deaf permission to post this article.)
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Rolly Kolbye November 16th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Sounds fantastic and exciting, but why in Sequin instead of Dallas, Houston and Austin where Deaf population is greater than Sequin?
Kathy November 16th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I would like to see Daivd Pierce to add a bit of history when all women were voted in as “first female” -president, vice president,and treasurer. The secretary was female too but I do not think she was the first female. That year all female officers were “first”. Why this piece of history not in the film? Please explain.