For the Deaf community, sign language is not simply a means of communication; it’s crucial for securing basic rights and it’s a part of belonging to a community.

It takes years to become fluent in sign language, according to a principal figure in the documentary “Deaf President Now!” It isn’t something you learn overnight. And yet, there’s one ...

A documentary revisits the protests at Gallaudet University, an institution for the deaf, that erupted in 1988 when the board appointed a hearing president.