On Friday, April 27, Governor Livingston High School’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program in Berkeley Heights will host a viewing of “Deaf Jam,” a documentary about a deaf teen poet, followed by an instructional assembly with the film’s star and director.
More than 250 deaf and hard of hearing students will participate in the event. Students will watch “Deaf Jam,” a feature length documentary about a deaf teen, Aneta Brodski, who enters into the Poetry Slam movement in New York City after taking an American Sign Language (ASL) poetry class.
Students will then be lead by Brodski in an ASL poetry tutorial.
Judy Lieff, director of “Deaf Jam,” will answer questions about the filmmaking process from students following the film.
The Governor Livingston program for deaf students offers specialized training that handles the unique challenge of educating a deaf student. Children are given access to sports programs, vocational training, language specialists and elective classes.
The assembly was paid for, in part, by the Berkeley Heights Education Foundation.