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Duties of My Heart(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-01-01
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Time: 0h 11m
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A hybrid short film that merges American Sign Language, contemporary dance, and poetry to tell a deeply personal story about expression, resilience, and the emotional weight of language. Drawing visual inspiration from the experimental dance films of the 1940s, the piece centers a Deaf protagonist whose inner world is revealed not through words, but through movement.
Languages: English.
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