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Interview with Hollywood Foreign Press for French TV - Part 1
Interview with Hollywood Foreign Press for French TV - Part 2"You have not seen a movie like 'See What I'm Saying.' Hilari Scarl's powerful and moving film about the unsung community of deaf entertainers does something few documentaries accomplish: It takes us into a world we know little or nothing about and not only enlightens, but entertains.
Intertwining the story of four fascinating artists, 'See What I'm Saying' manages to touch on universal themes of human nature while still allowing us to peek inside a vibrant community that, before this, was relegated to a handful of high profile deaf celebrities.
Underscored by Kubilay Uner's compelling and distinctive soundtrack, the film could be about any group of driven entertainers hoping to make a name, find acceptance, be loved. That these musicians, singers and comedians don't happen to hear the world in the same way we do is testimony to their strength -- and the film's. Scarl has captured the humor, heartbreak and pathos of a world we once viewed only from the outside, if at all. This is a community that has been waiting to be heard, and 'See What I'm Saying' allows the viewer to do just that. And you won't soon forget what they've said."
— Scott Bowles, USA Today
Intertwining the story of four fascinating artists, 'See What I'm Saying' manages to touch on universal themes of human nature while still allowing us to peek inside a vibrant community that, before this, was relegated to a handful of high profile deaf celebrities.
Underscored by Kubilay Uner's compelling and distinctive soundtrack, the film could be about any group of driven entertainers hoping to make a name, find acceptance, be loved. That these musicians, singers and comedians don't happen to hear the world in the same way we do is testimony to their strength -- and the film's. Scarl has captured the humor, heartbreak and pathos of a world we once viewed only from the outside, if at all. This is a community that has been waiting to be heard, and 'See What I'm Saying' allows the viewer to do just that. And you won't soon forget what they've said."
— Scott Bowles, USA Today
"Hilari Scarl's SEE WHAT I'M SAYING
is funny, heartbreaking and
inspiring. An eloquent testimonial to
the human spirit."
— Steven Banks, Nickelodeon
Former CNN anchor Daryn
Kagan featured SEE WHAT
I'M SAYING and our promo
on her award-winning
website DarynKagan.com
while it was still in
production.
"When you're deaf it is doubly hard to get the rest of the world to hear you, let alone listen to what you have to say. In See What I'm Saying, Hilari Scarl's doc in progress, the filmmaker follows four deaf entertainers who, through their brilliance, have found an audience: a comic/producer/actor; a drummer in an all deaf rock band (Beethoven's Nightmare); one of the country's top sign language translators who teaches at Juilliard; and a singer who lost her hearing at the age of eight and so feels caught between two worlds as she produces her first CD, 'Not Deaf Enough.'"
Laura Flanders (RadioNation, CNN)
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