Shoshannah Stern. Photo Credit ... This movie explores Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin’s life as a groundbreaking Deaf performer. In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to ...

MSPIFF brings over 200 films from around the world to Twin Cities Metro Theaters, including films featuring Minnesota natives ...

Both Matlin and the film’s director, Shoshannah Stern, are Deaf. “I’m so happy that (Stern) was the person to make this film because she brought such a great perspective to it,” Martin said.

Programming director Heather Haynes says this year’s festival is especially ‘queer-focused’ in light of growing threats to LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. and the potential challenges in Canada as the elect ...

North America’s oldest and longest-running film festival is back to an 11-day event, and that’s a boon for movie buffs looking for something a little off the beaten track. The 68th San Francisco ...

Also booked into Hot Docs is Shoshannah Stern’s Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, a film about the Oscar-winning deaf performer Marlee Matlin; Coexistence, My Ass!, activist and comedian Noam Shuster ...

and director Shoshannah Stern and actor Marlee Matlin from “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” about the life and career of the trailblazing Deaf Oscar-winner. This report by The Canadian Press was ...

Films receiving an international premiere are “Come See Me in the Good Light,” which follows spoken word artist and poet laureate of Colorado Andrea Gibson after an incurable cancer diagnosis; “Deaf ...

As a child, filmmaker Shoshannah Stern was inspired to believe that a deaf woman like herself could pursue a career as an actor after seeing Matlin win her Oscar, making this directorial debut an ...