Presented by the Chicago Institute for the Moving Image, the second annual Festival of Cinema for the Deaf runs Friday and Saturday, February 28 and March 1, at the Esquire and at Century 12 and CineArts 6. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $5; a $50 pass covers all screenings at Century 12 and CineArts 6. For more information call 847-322-2464.
Short documentaries
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An uneven program of documentary shorts about profoundly deaf people adjusting to their disability. In Metronome (2000, 4 min.) by Vita Gottlieb, a young Londoner describes how he learned to play the piano by feeling its vibrations with his feet (the same technique has also allowed deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie to perform with orchestras). Andy Jones’s Your Place or Mine (2002, 14 min.) is a compilation of segments from the Lonely Planet TV series offering etiquette pointers for those traveling in non-Western countries. The video is captioned for the deaf. Fed Up (2002, 59 min.), a video by students and faculty of the Texas School for the Deaf, is about deaf teens coping with intolerance and abuse. Although well-intentioned, it feels like an extended public service announcement. Also on the program: Protect Yourself (2002), an HIV-awareness video made by deaf Ghanaians, and Golden Rays (2002) by Nepal’s Krishna Prashad Shrestha. (TS) (Esquire, 6:00)
A captioned screening of the current theatrical release; see regular listings for capsule review. (Century 12 and CineArts 6, 8:00)
England and Down Under
The Jungle Book 2
A captioned screening of the current theatrical release; see regular listings for capsule review. (Esquire, 6:00)
