Beyond Silence (2014 SS Fest - WINNER - 1st Runner Up - Most Views - Doc.)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ม.ค. 2025
- India/ US 2012
Documentary on the deaf community in India
Producer/Director: Vidyut Latay
Cameraman: Ajay Kashyap
Editor: Vidyut Latay
Interpreter: Vidya Iyer
Production support: Rinku Dhamecha
Cast
Prakash Khairnar
Heena Siddique
Sunil Sahasrabudhe
Shweta Sahasrabudhe
Kimaya Sahasrabudhe
Sujit Sahasrabudhe
Documentary
www.shortsshowcase.com/
Transcript (for those who access videos through text/ braille). Transcript provided by Kayla Jafek Kirkpatrick: Title
Opening scene with waterfront city, grey clouds with some sun barely peeking through.
Traffic in town, horns honking, billboards. Music in the background - man's voice singing, "I know what love is!"
A green city sign that says Mumbai. Music continues.
A waterfront sign that says Mumbai. Music continues.
A radio playing the music in the car. Male voice on the radio - "good morning! How are you doing?!?"
A cell phone laying in fabric that lights up as if to ring
An Indian man looks at the phone. Walks through a door and flips a switch.
I'm Indian woman brushing her teeth.
A man shaving cut to a man signing, as if in prayer.
An Indian woman getting dressed in traditional Indian clothes.
A noisy bus station with people waiting for a bus.
A carriage being pulled by horses.
Different cuts of people walking down the street with what sounds like a radio announcer in the background. All of the walking people are wearing headphones.
Title beyond silence with the background of inside a home
A male in a red shirt wearing a black backpack enters the home.
He opens another door and enters. A woman is seen from behind a door shaking her head. The door closes. Another door closes.
A yellow train is going one direction of red train is going another direction there are many, many tracks.
An Indian man in a white shirt and blue jeans seems to be directing people and setting up a scene behind a small video camera on a tripod. His name is Prakash, which is shown in the white letters on the screen.
He seems to be signing to the people directing them telling with them what to do and then to stop.
Prakash gets behind the video camera.
The scene is comprised of one male and two females. The one male is seen signing to one of the females, and then he leaves her and walks away toward the camera with the other female. The female who is left behind seems sad.
Cut to the Indian man in the red shirt sitting on a beach.
He is signing.
Captions begin.
Man and redshirt (signing with a smile): When I see waves, I can't hear the sound, all I can see is the waves. I can see the beauty of the waves. I have no use for sound, God made me Deaf, and I have accepted my deafness. I cannot associate with sound, visual sense is important for me I can see waves, I can appreciate the beauty of the waves.
Man taking a picture of a Deaf-themed flyer posted on a wall.
Man in a yellow shirt sitting on a red bench signing: My future aim is to be a film director. If I am lucky I will be a director. I would be proud to be Deaf and equal to hearing people.
Females in a group wearing school uniforms that are tan and white. A woman with earbuds in her ears is signing and a bell is ringing in the background.
"'Vikas Vidyalaya' [school] for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai."
Males in a group wearing school uniforms that are tan and white.
Bell still ringing in background.
A woman who looks like a teacher is helping a boy with his auditory system.
She says with her voice: the machine is not working... You should have told me earlier... Give me new batteries… The machine has stopped working. No… Did you hear any sound? Where is the sound?
She is switching batteries.
A woman is in a room in front of a child wearing hearing aids, the "Audiology Room." She is saying, "mmmmmm, bah," child is attempting to copy. (Deaf student talk to recognize sounds…)
They are looking at a screen that seems to be making visual representations of the sounds they are making.
The child makes a very long mmmmmmm sound, and watches it on the screen.
The teacher says, "Beautiful.....how nice! wow... wow..."
The man in the red shirt is now wearing a tan ball cap, standing on a city street in front of a moped. He says, "When I was growing up as a deaf boy my family forced me to speak I tried hard to speak, then they put on the hearing aids. I could hear some sounds, but teachers used to really force me. If I did not wear the hearing aids, they would hit me they would ask me, don't you hear the noise? If I would not wear it, they asked me to step out of the class they thought I was stupid. They forced me to wear the hearing aids they would call my parents and also fitted a new machine for me they asked me to carry it all the time if I had the machine I could sit if I didn't then I had to stand out of the class. When my father went out, I wear the hearing machine they would come back and ring the bell, and I could hear it I could hear the phone ring but after a while, I would get very irritated with the sound I could identify very limited sounds phone ring, calling bell otherwise it was difficult for me to identify sounds. I hated wearing hearing aids."
Classroom scene, close-up of a boy who looks like he is signing wearing a hearing aid.
Man sitting on the bus looking at his cell phone. There is a man's voice in the background is unintelligible.
A tan and red apartment building.
An Indian woman is speaking with her voice. The screen says, "Rafat Bano (mother)."
She says, "Heena, why don't you put the hearing machine?"
The girl she is speaking to laughs.
Another man in the room is holding a baby and says, "She just wants to put it on while watching TV."
The girl continues laughing. Her name is shown on screen, "Heena."
Heena is smiling and says, "I like to use hearing aids only while listening to music."
Her mother, off-camera adds, "Otherwise she does not feel the need to use hearing aids."
Heena says, "My hands are sufficient for communicating, I don't need hearing aids."
Heena is in another scene, signing at a male. Another female is sitting with them. Heena is smiling and seems to be enjoying himself herself. The other woman laughs.
Camera returns to Heena's mom. A woman offscreen asks, "Haven't you learnt sign language?"
The mother responds, "NO...."
Heena is seen in the kitchen with her mother. They are facing one another. Mother's voice: "She wants us to use only sign language we ask her to use the hearing machine and talk, but she does not agree she says it is better for Deaf to use sign language all her friends communicate only through signs." (Heena is Sean smiling and signing with a male.)
Mother continues, "She wants us to learn sign language, but Halermai going to learn in this age?"
Heena: "You know, when I was younger, I thought my parents loved me but I always thought that they loved my Hearing brother more because they could not communicate with me, they would always communicate with him so I thought they loved him more but communicating was so difficult with them, I finally gave up. Today I don't even care."
Prakash, seen standing on a balcony signing, "My family uses speech at home. It's difficult for hearing people to communicate with the Deaf. They always talk somehow, I also tried to speak. They don't tell me what is going on at home." Camera looks from inside the apartment at Prakash's back on the balcony.
A male with a ponytail and a child arsine at a park by an amusement ride with small vehicles going around on a circle. The child seems to be asking for money and the male is looking through his wallet. They gesture how much to the operator, and the operator responds showing all 10 fingers in the air. The little girl shows 10 fingers to the man. The girl gives the operator some money. The operator gives the man some change. He puts it in his wallet.
The next scene is the child riding on one of the vehicles a yellow car. She passes the camera and waves. People are seen sitting on a beach. A person carrying balloons walks past. The ride ends, and the operator helps the little girl down. The little girl jumps up and down, and voices, "I want to sit there… I want to sit there…"
The man who is kneeling to be at the child's eye level puts his hand up and gestures that he doesn't have anymore money. The little girl says something unintelligible and puts her hands up into the air. The man gestures again that he doesn't have any money. The girl continues speaking. The man tries to put a necklace that looks like it has a toy cell phone on it over her head and she refuses. He tries putting it on his head, but it doesn't fit. He tries to put it on her head again. An older man watches, and another young man suddenly appears and shakes his head as if to say no.
Toddler's face, close up. "Kimaya," in white letters on the screen. She looks up, smiles, and giggles. She blinks her eyes once. Someone can be seen signing in the background.
Kimaya, held by Shweta (Kimaya's mother) and Sujit (Kimaya's uncle) - names and relation shown in the white writing according to their location on the screen - are in a room sitting on the floor. The uncle points to a picture of the red apple and a book and says, "okay tell me… What is this? Sign this... What is this?" Her response cannot be seen on camera. He continues pointing at different pictures. "Ball… Very good. Fish Eagle tell me what is this? Can you… Do you know that? No you don't. Monkey." The uncle and Kimaya are signing to each other.
A park with lots of large water puddles and grass. A man is riding a bike, a girl is seen walking away and a child with a man. A squeak is heard from the man's pocket. The girl puts her hand over her right ear. The man responds with a surprised facial expression, and puts his hand by his ear. He pulls what looks like his phone from his pocket, reads it, nods, and signs to the child.
Kimaya is seen playing in some sand with some toys. There are adults moving around in the background. On the screen in white letters, it says, "Kimaya is two and a half years old; an only hearing child born in a deaf family of five. Kimaya is Bilingual… She adapts herself, unknowingly, while communicating in both Sign language and verbally with her deaf family and her other hearing people…"
The camera goes to a man and a woman who were sitting. In white letters, "Sunil (Kimaya's father)." He is signing. A woman's who is not on screen can be heard (an interpreter?). Sunil says, "if we have a hearing baby, any baby is fine with us as long as the baby is healthy if it's hearing we will be happy, if it is deaf I will be happier!!" The woman smiles and laughs.
A large building. Caption reads: National Institute of Hearing Handicapped, (AYJNIHH), Mumbai
A black-and-white picture is seen. It is hand drawn and reads in capital letters "cochlear implant: before and after… The before picture shows a happy person with lines coming from their head that the person is beaming. The second, after picture shows the same person with a scar on their head, and they are crying. This facial expression is one of distress.
A woman's voice says, "Cochlear implant is more like a business is not need-based, but is there to make more money."
Sujit is standing in front of a white board. In red letters on the whiteboard it reads, "Genocide." In white letters, it reads, "Sujit - Master trainer, Indian Sign Language (ISL)."
A woman's voice, "So according to Deaf it is genocide. People who want to preserve this Deafness the way it is has started this new concept called 'Deafhood' so could they take pride in being Deaf. There have been research that says that instead of forcing deaf people to become Hearing, why not preserve deaf community and preserve 'Deafhood'?"
Two men and two women in a group signing and chatting on a beach.
Classroom, in front of white board. Sujit is with another man and a woman. He signs, the woman voices, "If I am labeled as a handicapped person, I accept it. Tomorrow I can give you the same label, because when you come into my community, I look at you as a handicapped person."
A sidewalk on a street, two women and one man standing in the doorway. Words in white show Vidya (Interpreter), Vidyut (Director of the documentary), and Prakash (Deaf interviewee). "Deciding the shooting dates." (There is a lot of background noise.)
A man standing behind a woman. A woman's voice offscreen begins to voice, and then Sujit is seen standing next to a man. Sujit is signing, "I don't want any medical treatment family is deaf so I don't see why I should have any medical treatment I want to pass on this deafness to future generations if possible I want my deaf community to grow in numbers."
The man standing next to Sujit begins signing, the woman voices, "I personally don't see any problem in being deaf I share his philosophy I have no problem absolutely and being deaf." The camera pans over a group watching.
White words on the screen introduce the people - The man is Shafique, and the woman is Vidya, Interpreter.
Shafique continues with Vidya voicing, "We have a community, we have clubs where we meet we enjoy life the way you do we don't look at life is a problem." While he is talking, people having fun are shown,
The couple, Sunil on the left and Shweta, a woman on the right. A woman's voice offscreen is heard. Sunil signs, "Second child, I want her or him to be deaf. But I don't know I have to leave it to God if I'm lucky, my prayers will be answered." The woman on-screen laughs.
Sunil, his wife, and Kimaya are on a city street. Sunil waves and blows a kiss. He starts to walk away and Kimaya grabs and hugs his leg.
The couple, Sunil on the left and the woman on the right. Sunil's wife signs (and captions read), "If the child is born deaf, it will help grow future Deaf generations."
Heena signs (and captions read), "I like deaf friends more. I want my whole family to be deaf if possible."
Prakash signs (and captions read), "Yes, I like the thought of the entire world becoming Deaf."
Driving along a street. A couple is seen walking closely on the sidewalk with many birds. There are some voices singing in the background. Billboards again.
A woman is seen from behind dancing in front of a window. She is wearing black and waving her arms above her head. She continues dancing, and turns around. Her hands have some red paint on them. White words onscreen introduce her as Prenali. A woman's voice is singing. Words are not readily understood. Perhaps singing and an Indian language?
White words on a black screen, "Prenali is a trained classical - Bharatnatyam dancer, she enjoys Bollywood dancing equally…"
Prenali dancing. Pictures of her in formal dress are shown. Prenali dancing.
White words on a black screen, "Prenali is Born deaf… She prefers using hearing aids in both ears ONLY during dance performances." Music plays in the background.
White words on a black screen, "In her everyday life she avoids hearing aids and through Sign language only… Prenali is proud to be deaf!" Music plays in the background.
Prenali's feet with red paint on them. She is wearing a long red dress trimmed with gold, and many bells on fabric around both her ankles. Music plays in the background. She has flowers in her hair, and large gold earrings.
White words on a black screen, "India has 18 million deaf people, arguably the largest Deaf population in the world." Music plays in the background.
White words on a black screen, "It is said that there are 250 qualified practicing interpreters for around 18 million deaf people, no TTY(Text Telephone), no deaf news, no closed captioning, and no government recognition for ISL yet." Music plays in the background.
White words on a black screen, "Teachers are not required by law to know Sign Language, Deaf schools primarily adopt oral method for deaf education." Music plays in the background.
White words on a black screen, "With marginal living resources, the fight of Deaf people for their identity continues even today!" Music plays in the background.
Prenali is seen putting in her hearing aid. White words on screen read, "Rehearsal before the shoot."
More dancing.
Prenali is seen in a still photograph in front of the trophy case. White words on screen read, "I hate wearing hearing aids…" Music continues in the background.
Another woman in a still photograph is signing. White words on screen read, "Who is handicap?"
Sunil is seen in a still photograph on a city street. White words on screen read, "Sign Language is my mother tongue…"
A still picture of a man with both of his hands over his mouth in front of a large sign in the background of an ear with a line through it. White words on screen read, "It is against my culture to speak…"
A still picture of a woman who looks as if she's putting something in or pulling something out of her ear. White words on screen read, "I am Deaf but not Dumb."
A still picture of a woman signing. White words on screen read, "I am proud to be Deaf…"
Prenali dances. And bows. The music stops, all of the still photos are seen on one screen.
Credits roll.
Alison Aubrecht
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Thanks so much!
VERY GOOD N IMPRESSING VIDEO... ALSO IT IS MEANINGFUL VIDEO
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Sasi Kiran hhtyutt
really well done! Thanks for making this short film. Very teaching.
I had to share this video :)
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Vidyut Latay
Producer/Director-Beyond Silence
Great work Vidyut!
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Great documentary
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shalini sarna Mistry hello shalini Kesi ho yr happy Sunday
all deaf is proud .
AMAZING!!!
My sun also deaf and dumb we go every day speech therapy class now he say some little I enjoy lot hearing that words
Beautifully done!
Thanks so much, Terri!
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Vidyut Latay
Director/Producer-Beyond Silence
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can anyone put me in contact with the people that produced this film and others involved as i intend to make a film about working with deaf students in India as Twin Vision my charity was started 14 years ago in School for the deaf Ajmer Rajasthan
Hello...thanks for your comment. I am Vidyut Latay and I am the Producer and Director of this film. My email address is vidyut.latay@gmail.com. Will wait for your email. Thanks.
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Thanks so much!
VERY GOOD N IMPRESSING VIDEO... ALSO IT IS MEANINGFUL VIDEO
Thanks so much, Vaibhav
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