In the Land of the Deaf

The films and methods of Nicolas Philibert maker of Etre et avoir have shown him to be one of contemporary cinemas most acclaimed documentarists In The Land of the Deaf is an elegantly spare and thoughtful portrait of the rich diverse but often isolated culture of the deaf community The film has tremendous power and value it educates and transports us to another way of occupying this world and it does so in a pleasurable unrushed and intelligent fashion