The Land and The Sea
An audiovisual poetry film showing the creative scope of Sign Language Poetry (Sign Art)
A film by Jessica Docherty featuring British Sign Language poet Tania Allan signing her work 鈥楾he Land and the Sea鈥�, which uses the Scottish folklore of the selkie wife as a means of exploring themes such as oppression, deaf culture, deaf community, sign language and communication.
Please note, the closed captions on this video are intended to be English descriptions to enable a viewer who does not use British Sign Language to better understand the content of the poem. They are not the English translation of this BSL poem.
Now & Next is co-funded by 麻豆社 Arts and Screen Scotland
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