Deaf President Now!
Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about. During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world's only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead a revolution—and change the course of history. From TMDB
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60 of 88 · most liked firstNew letter: review of the Deaf President Now! documentary, streaming on Apple+ today. buttondown.com/signs+wonder...
neutral · AI labelView post →Had the privilege of seeing Deaf President Now! at the SF Film Festival. The trailer just dropped and it’ll be out on Apple TV+ next Friday, May 16. Highly recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gI...
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished watching Deaf President Now on a flight and cried through much of it. The students’ fight resonated with so much with my experience working in disability organizations hell bent on helping disabled people while insisting non disabled people know better. tv.apple.com/us/movie/dea...
positive · AI labelView post →Deaf President Now! [2025] is a Train Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s entertainment: Deaf President Now! (2025), a film about how a student uprising at Gallaudet University led to the university hiring it’s first deaf president As someone who took part in a huge student uprising at my alma mater, I’m watching with great interest. youtu.be/m-gIp9CDFtM?...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a FANTASTIC review of a great film, and notes things that also stuck out to me. Highly recommend people check out “Deaf President Now!” on Apple+ and then read Sara’s excellent review for even more context. 1/
positive · AI labelView post →So stoked for this new Deaf President Now feature documentary! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Taking a break from all the madness to rec a few of my favorite films from True/False, a documentary film festival that's truly one of the best things about living in Missouri and always makes me feel inspired and glad to be human. First: Deaf President Now, which is coming to Apple TV soon.
positive · AI labelView post →In Baffler no. 81, @quailty.bsky.social examines three works by deaf artists: a memoir from Rachel Kolb, Sara Novic’s novel of deaf-anarchist insurrection, and the film “Deaf President Now!”
neutral · AI labelView post →Deaf President Now! is out today on AppleTV+ Highly recommend. tv.apple.com/us/movie/dea...
positive · AI labelView post →In 1988, Gallaudet University students protested for a Deaf president. “Deaf President Now!” directed by Nyle DiMarco & Davis Guggenheim, tells this powerful story through ASL & archival footage. 🤟 Premiered at 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Now streaming on Apple TV+!
neutral · AI labelView post →Highly recomend the new documentary film, 'Deaf President Now!', streaming on Apple TV. The year is 1988. The place is Gallaudet College, the world's only deaf university. The film tells the story of the students fight for a deaf president. Free 'gift read' 🧡 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/m...
positive · AI labelView post →🚨 Trailer drop! Check out the trailer for “Deaf President Now!” directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim, fresh off its 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere. Streaming May 16 on Apple TV+ 🤟
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m really proud of the work I was able to put out over what was truly an unpredictable year–so here's a mini-roundup of my favorites! My fest year began with a film that hit deeper than anything else in 2025, as my parents’ stories came to life in DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! cinapse.co/2025/02/sund...
positive · AI labelView post →Review of the Deaf President Now film by Apple+ - about a 1988 student led campaign to have a Deaf signing person heading a Deaf university. As ever, marginalised people and the cross-solidarity with other campaign groups is missed, despite probably being a key factor in the campaign's success.
neutral · AI labelView post →it will be coming out in 2025 via Apple TV, and it will be about the Deaf President Now event. i've always been super passionate about Deaf history, so i can't wait for this movie to come out and to watch it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! ##filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →For @avclub.com, I reviewed DEAF PRESIDENT NOW!, a documentary about a riveting moment in the history of Deaf civil rights. I just wish the film was as fiery as its subjects.
neutral · AI labelView post →The #HotDocs Film Festival is currently on so I’m going to check out several documentaries over the next couple days. On tap for today: Deaf President Now! (dirs. Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim) Facing War (dir. Tommy Gulliksen) #HotDocs2025 #filmfest #documentaries #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched #DeafPresidentNow (which is currently premiering at #Sundance). It's a really great film and such an important moment in history for disability advocacy. So glad they were able to get all 4 student leaders from the protest to share their side of the story.
positive · AI labelView post →Deaf President Now! review – passion and energy in stirring record of student protest; Documentary follows the 1988 anti-audism revolt in the US after the world’s first deaf university appointed a hearing person to head it www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma... #DeafPresidentNow #DPN #Gallaudet
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched the Apple TV+ documentary Deaf President Now!, about the 1988 student protests at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, which overturned the hiring of a president who was not Deaf (like all previous presidents of the school). It is a powerful film.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ll have more to say on the podcast next week, but if you’re at all able, please watch #DeafPresidentNow this weekend. More than just an incredible story, it offers a perspective on the world that I think we would all do well to learn from. https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/deaf-president-now/umc.cmc.4db5r1gvgok0a0dtdmkj44ea4
positive · AI labelView post →Nyle DiMarco's Deaf President Now! trailer spotlights Deaf rights movement www.out.com/film/nyle-di...
neutral · AI labelView post →Apple drops trailer for "Deaf President Now!" The movie is about eight days of historic protests held at Gallaudet University in 1988 after the school’s board appointed a hearing president over several very qualified Deaf candidates. Premieres May 16th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gI... #Apple
neutral · AI labelView post →At any other time, I might raise my eyebrows a little at the format of a movie like DEAF PRESIDENT NOW!, but like, I can't be cynical about a movie this necessary right now.
positive · AI labelView post →DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! Our incredible opening night film is fresh from its Sundance premiere! During eight tumultuous days in 1988, four Gallaudet students must find a way to lead their student body and change the course of history. Film will be presented with ASL interpreting for all screening talks.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nyle, in fact, is who is directing and producing the upcoming movie titled "Deaf President Now!" that is about an INCREDIBLY important event in Deaf history. i made a post about it before this one!
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming soon: a film about the Gallaudet "Deaf President Now" protests, co-directed by Nyle DiMarco and David Guggenheim. 9to5mac.com/2024/12/10/a... [image: black & white photo of 4 students during the protests]
neutral · AI labelView post →It was in our HE Christmas HE TV Guide, but just to say again “Deaf President Now” (it’s on Apple TV) really is bloody brilliant tv.apple.com/gb/movie/dea...
positive · AI labelView post →I stopped posting movie reviews on this website because, honestly, you should just follow me on Letterboxd (boxd.it/1UgIZ) BUT I am going to say this... You should 100% watch the "Deaf President Now" documentary on Apple+. Incredible piece of history that I'm glad is being told to a wider audience!
unlabelledView post →First Bluesky post! This weekend I attended the We Crip Film Fest @ BFI Southbank for the opening gala + UK premiere screening of Deaf President Now! I had a wonderful time, and left feeling the importance of disabled representation in the film industry is needed now more than ever.
unlabelledView post →🧵Deaf President Now “… this movie is even bigger than the story of Deaf culture. It’s about how collective action works and how leadership is born in a week, and how it’s possible to do something good for the world. I do believe protests can be successful, and we need them right now. If people […]
unlabelledView post →Now watching: DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! (2025) Streaming Now Apple TV+ #DeafPresidentNow!
unlabelledView post →As someone who is single sided deaf, but was late-deafened, I have no real understanding of what it means to be Deaf, which is why I found #DeafPresidentNow on Apple TV so fascinating - give it a watch… tv.apple.com/gb/movie/dea...
unlabelledView post →This week on @MagicRaysOfLight: We go on an EPIC adventure in search of the #FountainOfYouth with Guy Ritchie's latest family feature for Skydance and Apple Original Films – plus, #DeafPresidentNow, #Cannes, CarPlay Ultra, and the week in #AppleTV. Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3SNFGTj
unlabelledView post →Instead of watching the Oscars I’m at True/False Film Festival, and I feel like that is probably the better option here. I have no idea who won what, but I do know that Deaf President Now!, The Track, and Listen to the Voices were all fabulous documentaries!
unlabelledView post →Sundance 2025 Review: Deaf President Now! – “Uplifting and enlightening.” Read it here https://bit.ly/4aFEcCE by Trevor Hogg #DeafPresidentNow #documentary #Sundance #Sundance2025 #SundanceFilmFestival #film
unlabelledView post →This weekend marks the first Apple Films’ screening of 2025 thanks to the #Sundance online debut of #DeafPresidentNow and that means it’s almost time to christen this little gem that found its way to me all the way from Venice.
unlabelledView post →Film fans - do I understand correctly that Sundance films are only available online by paying $35 each? I'd like to see the Deaf President Now film and the @marleematlin.bsky.social documentary, but I cannot spend $70 on two films. I'm pretty sure that's out of the budget for a LOT of deaf people.
unlabelledView post →Deaf President Now! is on Apple and is an excellent movie about Deaf students fighting for a president of their college that represents them. Teenage Wasteland also isn't in streaming, but it's a doc about students investigating illegal waste dumping. Both are excellent docs, worth your time.
unlabelledView post →In 1988, Gallaudet students changed history with “Deaf President Now!” ✊ See how their fight for Deaf leadership helped shape the ADA. Watch the film: tv.apple.com/us/movie/dea...
unlabelledView post →Haven't been watching many movies lately. Deaf President Now! was fantastic, I cannot recommend it enough.
unlabelledView post →Shout out to Sara Nović (@novicsara.bsky.social). Her column about this "Deaf President Now!" documentary inspired me to create this video review. You can find the column here: buttondown.com/signs+wonder...
unlabelledView post →Actually a lot of folks w different abilities such as deaf folks take a very strong position that they have a culture that “fixing” the disability would destroy. Which reminds me, a very important related film, “Deaf President Now!”, about Gallaudet University, is now on Netflx
unlabelledView post →🧵Deaf President Now “… this movie is even bigger than the story of Deaf culture. It’s about how collective action works and how leadership is born in a week, and how it’s possible to do something good for the world. I do believe protests can be successful, and we need them right now. If people saw this movie, they would see how it can be done successfully." — Co-Director Davis Guggenehim #movies #documentary #DeafPresidentNow #interview…
unlabelledView post →The Trump administration has not reinstated ASL interpreters, and the NAD is actively challenging this decision through a lawsuit. I strongly suggest you watch the movie Deaf President Now! APPLE TV #GallaudetUniversity #deaf @ASL #NAD
unlabelledView post →I think it’s funny too. Yes food here is delish. I used to love to cook but now cooking for one isn’t fun. Oh yes day went by in the blink of an eye and managed a movie late into this morning too to wind down. Deaf President Now. It was really good. Have you seen it?
unlabelledView post →This week on Magic Rays of Light: @sigmund and @devondundee go on an EPIC adventure in search of the #FountainOfYouth with Guy Ritchie's latest family feature for Skydance and Apple Original Films – plus, #DeafPresidentNow, #Cannes, CarPlay Ultra, and the week in #AppleTV. Listen now 🟣: https://apple.co/3SNFGTj
unlabelledView post →This week on Magic Rays of Light: We go on an EPIC adventure in search of the #FountainOfYouth with Guy Ritchie's latest family feature for Skydance and Apple Original Films – plus, #DeafPresidentNow, #Cannes, CarPlay Ultra, and the week in #AppleTV. Listen now 🟣: https://apple.co/3SNFGTj
unlabelledView post →Deaf President Now! with Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim and Ondi Timoner (Ep. 544) Directors Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim, accompanied by DiMarco’s interpreter Grey Van Pelt, discusses their new film, Deaf President Now!, with fellow Director Ondi Timoner in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los A
unlabelledView post →MONUMENT “in the wild” shots continue with this from Deaf activist and #Americastopmodelwinner NYLE DiMARCO. Also featured is his new movie from @appletvbr.bsky.social DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! #deafpresidentnow and his memoir, DEAF UTOPIA
unlabelledView post →If you need a dose of hope, I can’t recommend Deaf President Now enough! tv.apple.com/us/movie/dea...
unlabelledView post →Deaf President Now! Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about, in this new movie documentary on Apple TV+. tv+ apple.co/3SFc2j1 Enjoy a 7-day free trial of tv+. Apple TV+ is on Apple and Android. Ad.
unlabelledView post →On DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! 🪧 "a rousing film about resistance" - @filmfest.bsky.social On THE UNRESTRICTED WAR 😷 "a personal film in the guise of a genre piece" - Marc Glassman torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
unlabelledView post →Watched “Deaf President Now” as movie 37 of 2025 and movie 18 of Sundance 2025. It’s great. This and “Train Dreams” are by far the best of the fest (that I’ve been able to see.) Cannot recommend this strongly enough. It blew me away
unlabelledView post →FREE UAD Movie Night – Jan 31 Deaf President Now! (dir. Nyle DiMarco) 6:00 meet • 6:30 movie • snacks $5 🍿 Details: open.substack.com/pub/utahasso...
unlabelledView post →Watched Deaf President Now! (2025), which is one of the best documentaries I've seen, and such an energising film about collective power letterboxd.com/film/deaf-pr...
unlabelledView post →Deaf President Now is the best movie I’ve seen in 2025. Built like a thriller, it’s gripping and resonates SO much with 2026 social battles. Please Watch it. My take: #filmsky #letterboxd #deafpresidentnow #moviesky #documentary 📽️ boxd.it/cmbN2V
unlabelledView post →Wonderful film on AppleTV DEAF PRESIDENT NOW Turned out to be one of the most heartwarming, totally satisfying films ever. Pres. Lincoln chartered Gallaudet University in 1864 & it remains the only lib arts university in the world where all programs & services are specifically for the deaf.
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