“Silent Life”
RT: 20 minutes | USA | American Sign Language, English Subtitles | Genre: Drama | Directed by: Theodore Dorsette
A young man, named Teddy, struggles to find a balance between two worlds — hearing and deaf. He is an aspiring student who braves the hearing world to shatter barriers and find his journey as a man. Along the way, he meets a hearing girl named Isabel. She holds his heart, only to shatter it and betray him. Along the way he gets advice and learns things from hearing and deaf alike. The ending shows his final choice of who to be and how he wants to live.