Stories about Jesus Christ have been shared for centuries. But Joseph Josselyn, a deaf Christian and film director, is telling a story about Christ in American Sign Language — for the first time ever.

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A film that just hit the box office this week is breaking barriers for the deaf community. The film entitled “JESUS: a Deaf Missions Film,” is the first movie released in theaters ...

A new film out this week depicting the life of Jesus aims to reach an audience its director says has long been overlooked. "JESUS: a Deaf Missions film," will be the first of its kind made up of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leila Hanaumi, a deaf performer and writer, interpreted sign language for the ASL version of Barbie, now streaming on Max. (Warner ...

Deafness is a spectrum. That's one message that the Seattle Deaf Film Festival stresses this year as it presents filmmakers' work from China, Chile, Kyrgyzstan, the United States, and more. The films ...

Alison O’Daniel is a visual artist and filmmaker who works with sound, moving images, sculpture, and large-scale installations. She is the director of The Tuba Thieves, an experimental film that ...

To combat these issues, as well as build a hub for hearing and deaf audiences to seek out the work of deaf filmmakers and forge community, Insolera has established the Deaf Movie Database. Similar to ...

For the deaf community, films are still a powerful, joyful, and emotional medium. In fact, cinema has always been more than just sound. It’s about storytelling, expression, and connection, and deaf ...

In Siân Heder's Oscar-winning coming-of-age film "CODA," the Rossi family living room is a place the foursome gathers for big conversations -- from the difficult and awkward to the celebratory. The ...

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama Jesus of Nazareth—but as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it would ...