A person wearing a black shirt and glasses stands indoors, gesturing with their right hand flat over their left. The background features a white wall with three framed tree prints, an armchair, and a potted plant.
Hello! Tickets for HEARD, a documentary film by a hard-of-hearing (HoH) writer and director, Brian Ceci, have sold out for April 14, and are now selling for a follow-up screening on April 19. HEARD discusses the spectrum of Deaf and HoH, signed languages and spoken languages, and identities. The documentary chronicles Brian’s experience growing up with hearing aids to exploring what it means to be a person living through a HoH identity while searching for community as a Hard of Hearing person.
After the screening, there will be a panel discussion with documentary participants: Kelsie (signs, speaks, Deaf, wears cochlear implants), Laurie (signs, speaks, Deaf, wears hearing aids), Ruzzelle (speaks, HoH, wears hearing aids), Joseph (speaks, HoH, does not wear devices), and Brian (speaks, HoH, wears hearing aids, wants to learn to sign). The Q&A panel on April 14 is moderated by Gael Hannan (speaks, HoH, wears one hearing aid and one cochlear implant), and the Q&A on April 19 is moderated by Pamela E. Witcher (signs, Deaf, wears no devices).
The screening on April 19th will be at the RIO Theatre in Vancouver at 12:30 pm, doors at 12 pm.
The film will be open captioned and also in ASL-EN interpretation on site.
Tickets can be bought at https://riotheatretickets.ca/events/41193-heard-cast-q-a-screening
