Deaf Jam

Deaf Jam
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Directed by	Judy Lieff
Produced by	Judy Lieff Steve Zeitlin
Starring	Aneta Brodski Tahani Salah
Cinematography	Melissa Donovan Claudia Raschke-Robinson
Edited by	Keiko Deguchi
Distributed by	CINEPHIL
Release date	March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) (Thessaloniki Documentary Festival)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English American Sign Language

Deaf Jam is a 2011 documentary film directed and produced by American filmmaker Judy Lieff. The film centers on the experience of Aneta Brodski, a deaf teenager living in Queens, New York, who becomes immersed in the dynamic and three-dimensional form of American Sign Language poetry. When Aneta, an Israel-born ASL poet, eventually meets Tahani, a Palestinian, spoken word poet, the two begin to collaborate, creating a new form of poetry that gains recognition in deaf and hearing communities alike.

Deaf Jam premiered on PBS's Independent Lens program,^[1] and was awarded the 2012 Japan Prize for the Best Work of the Youth Category.^[2] "Deaf Jam" is a co-production of Made-By-Hand, LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS).