If You Could Hear My Own Tune

In this dramatic feature from deaf filmmaker Anne Marie “Jade” Bryan, two musicians become intrigued with a Deaf woman whose idea for music is a whole different tune: awareness and acceptance before one can fall in love. Set in NYC, carefree Somalia (Sylvie Marc-Charles) seemed pretty content with life. She has a good-looking boyfriend, Zavier (Omar Jaslin); is in school to become a fashion designer; and has her own place. She likes to hit up the clubs just to feel the music, and has her own circle of friends who accepts her for who she is. A recurring complication soon becomes an issue between Somalia and Zavier that divides their relationship.

The film underscores the integration of the relationship between the hearing and the Deaf communities as well as other cultures. The director writes: “We believe in integration and interaction that places strong emphasis in addressing communication barriers and toppling them. There are issues we would like to address for the lack of representation, inappropriate exploitations, and negative stereotyping and ineffective exposure.”

Director Ann Marie “Jade” Bryan will appear in person to introduce and take questions about her film.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Film Series has been run by a group of volunteers in partnership with the Coolidge Corner Theater since 2006. The series makes film-going accessible to deaf and hard of hearing movie lovers (and their friends and families) through captioned films and assistive listening technology, and by offering some films in American Sign Language. This screening is co-presented by the Northeastern University’s ASL Program, Temple Emeth, Brookline Hearing Services, Inc. and is an encore presentation of the premiere screening from the 2011 Roxbury International Film Festival.

dir. anne marie “jade” bryan, 2h00m, digital presentation, open captioned

tickets: $12 all seats - seating is limited, to purchase please visit www.coolidge.org/deaF

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