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D Documentary · 2022 · 90 min

Name Me Lawand

Born deaf into a hearing family in Kurdistan with no school where he could learn to sign, Lawand comes with his family to Derby in England; as he learns British Sign Language at a school for the deaf, he faces the threat of deportation.

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Credits
Director
Edward Lovelace
Country
Birleşik Krallık
Language
Kurdish, British Sign Language
Year
2022
Runtime
90 min
Themes
Childhood · Migration and diaspora · Documentary
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