Old Mother Tongue

Old Mother Tongue cast photo

Old Mother Tongue

Directed by Mark Trifunovic

  • 16 minutes
  • American Sign Language, English
  • Canada
  • Narrative
  • Short
  • Open Captions
  • Audio Description

A Deaf man grapples with his sense of identity in a hearing world and is taken on a fabulistic journey through time to one of the most significant events in Deaf history: the Milan Conference on the Education of the Deaf 1880, when sign language was banned from use in education.

Upcoming Screenings

Sunday, June 5, 2022
1:00 PM EST

This film is screening as part of the Spotlight on Deaf Storytelling: Shorts Program. It will be available to view for 72 hours.