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Title

Deaf mosaic [videorecording]

Publication

c1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Novitsky, Mary Lou.
• Mullen, John.
• Gallaudet University.

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

Television program focusing on the achievements of deaf people. Of special interest to dancers is the tribute to actor/dancer Sam Edwards, beginning at approx. 24 min. into the tape. Edwards, who died of AIDS in 1989, was a member of the Gallaudet Dance Company and the National Theatre of the Deaf, and appeared in musical comedy. Also on the program are Lethal hands (beginning at approx. 21 min. into tape), featuring karate practitioner Mary "Patty" Lord, and interviews with the operator of a mailbox business, a writer, the owners of a computer store, and a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Subject

• Edwards, Sam, 1941-1989
• Gallaudet Dance Company
• National Theatre of the Deaf
• Deaf actors
• AIDS (Disease)
• Karate
• Martial arts > Brazil

Note

• Program #503 in the television series Deaf mosaic, produced by Gallaudet University, Washington, D. C. Producer: Mary Lou Novitsky. Director/editor: John Mullen. Executive producer: Marin P. Allen. Hosts: Gil Eastman and Mary Lou Novitsky. Captioned for the deaf.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-3236

OCLC

• 30495795
• NYPY926030379-F

Title

Deaf mosaic [videorecording]

Imprint

c1989.

Local Subject

Dance for the deaf.

Deaf dancers.

Television. Deaf mosaic.

Added Author

Novitsky, Mary Lou. Producer. Host

Mullen, John. Director. Editor

Gallaudet University.

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-3236