See What I'm Saying
The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING follows four deaf entertainers:
an actor, comic, singer and drummer
as they attempt to crossover to mainstream audiences.
UPDATE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please scroll down for all our news.
DVD release date tentatively set for November
We will announce the details very soon!
The Sprint See What I'm Saying
Short Film Competition
Hilari Scarl directing Sprint music video. Photo by Snook.
Inspired to make your own short film? Sprint is sponsoring the See What I'm Saying Short Film Competition with some amazing prizes to promote open captioned films. The competition is open to everyone with several film genre categories to choose from. All of the rules, judges and the launch date will be announced in August, so get those cameras ready!
Missed our music video of our title song? Here it is again: Sprint SWIS Music Video
"What are you looking at?"
That is the slogan of The Other Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia. See What I'm Saying has been invited to the inaugural Deaf screening program within the festival, a huge honor for us. The festival is bringing Hilari Scarl and CJ Jones to Australia to participate in a Q&A after our film as well as a Sunday panel discussion about working with Deaf actors. Please send your friends in Australia to our screening at 8pm on Friday, August 27th. Audio description will be provided as well as our usual open captions. I can hardly wait!
DMZ Korean Documentary Festival
See What I'm Saying has been invited to screen in the demilitarized zone in Korea. "DMZ Docs will introduce the best documentaries to the international
audiences through the DMZ, the symbol of 'peace' and 'life'." The film will retain its English captions as well as projecting Korean captions simultaneously for this festival.
Support of 20th anniversary of ADA
On July 26, 2010, the 20th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. House of Representatives passed the
Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (H.R.
3101) with a vote of 348 to 23. H.R. 3101 has key provisions that will greatly improve captions, communication and access for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Hurray!
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SEE WHAT I'M SAYING BOOKINGS - PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS IN THESE CITIES
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Please note: Showtimes are usually not available until the week of the screening for upcoming NY/NJ screenings. Please check our website and follow us on facebook fan page for all the latest news as it comes available. Facebook SEE WHAT I'M SAYING fan page
August 11
Sturgis - Rapid Falls, SD
Deaf Bikers of America (DBA) CSD of Rapid City, 150 Knollwood Drive
August 6 - 12
Tuscon, AZ Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18
August 6 - 12
Oklahoma City, OK Harkins Bricktown 16
August 6 - 12
Port Washington, NY
Clearview - Soundview
August 6 - 12
White Plains, NY
Clearview - Cinema 100
August 6 - 12
Parsippany, NJ
Clearview - Cinema 12
August 6 - 12
Ocean Township, NJ
Clearview - Middlebrook Cinema
August 6 - 12
Kinnelon, NJ
Clearview - Kinnelon 11
August 6 - 12
Hackettstown, NJ
Clearview - Mansfield Cinema 16
August 6 - 12
Bergenfield, NJ
Clearview - Bergenfield Cinema 5
August 6 - 12
Morristown, NJ
Clearview - Headquarters 10 Theatres
August 27
Melbourne, Australia
The Other Film Festival - Melbourne Museum. 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton.
September 3
Horse Cave, Kentucky DeaFestival 8pm. Kentucky
Repertory Theatre. Q&A with Hilari Scarl, CJ Jones, Bob Hiltermann,
TL Forsberg and Robert DeMayo.
September 4
Horse Cave, Kentucky DeaFestival 8pm. Kentucky Repertory Theatre. Q&A with Hilari Scarl, CJ Jones, Bob Hiltermann, TL Forsberg and Robert DeMayo.
September 9-13
Paju, South Korea
DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival
September 10 - 16
New York City
Village East Cinema [tentative date] with Hilari Scarl
September 10 - 16
Dallas, TX
Angelika Cinema [tentative]
September 17
Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum of Art - 6:30pm Q&A with Hilari Scarl
September 18
Kent, Ohio
Kent State University - Q&A with Hilari Scarl
September 19
Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum of Art - 1:30pm - Q&A with Hilari Scarl
September 21
Brookline, MA
Coolidge Theater (7pm) - Q&A with Hilari Scarl.
September 22
Cape Cod
Cotiut Center - Q&A with Hilari Scarl.
September 25
Milwaukee, WI
Deaf Awareness Festival - Q&A with Hilari Scarl.
October 1
Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Community Church (tentative - details coming soon.)
October 2
Springfield, MO Wehrenberg Campbell 16 Cine, 4005 South Ave., hosted by Alternative Opportunities, Inc.
October 8
Denton, TX Tentative. Details coming soon.
October 10
New York, NY MICA Showcase (tentative - details coming soon)
October 13
Chico, CA
Focus Film Festival - OPENING NIGHT FILM - director and special guests will be in attendance.
Many more dates coming soon - we announce on facebook the moment any booking is confirmed, so please follow us at:
Facebook SEE WHAT I'M SAYING fan page
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Our
youngest fan modeling
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING tank top
(baby not included, but the smile is!)
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Thank you for your support!
Exclusive SEE WHAT I'M SAYING merchandise available at screenings attended by director Hilari Scarl.
T-shirts,
CD soundtrack, autographed posters available at select screenings. All proceeds go towards the distribution
costs of the film and bringing attention to deaf entertainers
everywhere.
DVD will be available late autumn. Details coming!
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Max Fomitchev (Max-i-mime) was recently cast in Cirque du Soleil!!
It is a lifelong dream of his, and we are soooo proud. You can see Max
in See What I'm Saying and starting in August in Cirque du Soleil's
Alegria on tour as a solo performer. Congratulations, Max!!
Updates from TL, CJ, Bob and Robert - our four fabulous entertainers of the film
TL had a great performance in Las Vegas and continues to rock in her unique way! She is encouraging her fans to join her TL Forsberg Fan Page on facebook since I think her admirers have overwhelmed her other sites. She will be performing live at our screening at DeaFest in Kentucky over Labor Day weekend. Birthday is September 8th.
CJ continues to wow audiences at performances everywhere. He was mobbed by fans when he appeared as a guest judge at CSDR Movie Night. He is busy working on his Sign World TV and will be at the Q&A at the Other Film Festival in Melbourne and performing at Kentucky DeaFest. Birthday is September 29th.
Bob rocked Las Vegas with Beethoven's Nightmare and will be performing at Kentucky DeaFest. Bob joined Hilari Scarl at our screening in Vancouver in his Canadian home turf. Friends came out of the woodwork from across the country to celebrate Bob. More Beethoven's Nightmare shows seem to be popping up everywhere! Bob's birthday is TOMORROW, August 1st. Happy birthday, Bob!
Robert remains true to his sign name (and title of his one man show) "Robert where?" but has been spied teaching (or should we say playing many pranks) at Arizona Total Immersion and will be performing at Kentucky DeaFest. You will get to see more of Robert very soon with some upcoming news. Robert's birthday is October 29.
More good news for many of our SEE WHAT I'M SAYING entertainers:
Shoshannah Stern was just cast in the television show "Lie to Me."
Troy Kotsur was hired as the director of the new feature film Deaf Ghost.
Ryan Lane was spotted in the new Apple iPhone Face Time television commercial.
Congratulations everyone!!
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