Deaf President Now!” filmmakers say the new documentary about 1988 protests at Gallaudet University can inspire young people who feel “they’re living in a tumultuous world.” ...

A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.

There is a lot of protest, righteous anger and civil disobedience in “Deaf President Now!” Yet there is a small act of personal defiance in Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim’s documentary ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "The story of 'Deaf President Now!' was about so much more than just appointing a deaf president," DiMarco says. "It's more complex ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Apple TV+ describes "Deaf President Now!" as the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard of. "'Deaf President Now!' is so much a part of my community's ...

Their demand is simple: they want a deaf president. Now. Gallaudet University, in Washington DC, had never had a deaf president in its 124-year history. So when the board of trustees elected another ...

Variety spoke to DiMarco and Guggenheim ahead of the May 16 Apple+ debut of “Deaf President Now!” The film is told from a hearing and a Deaf point of view and liberally cuts between those two ...

If you look at how legislation like that gets passed, it's because of radical acts of resistance like Deaf President Now. RASCOE: That's Nyle DiMarco. He's the co-director of the new documentary ...

The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s first deaf president ...

Deaf President Now! (now streaming on Apple TV+) is easily a leading candidate for the best documentary of 2025. A collaborative directorial effort between documentary stalwart Davis Guggenheim ...

(L-R) Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok, and Jerry Covell, the leaders of the Gallaudet protest, in DEAF PRESIDENT NOW. Courtesy of Apple TV+ In 1988, in the biggest student protest you ...

The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s first deaf president ...