Deej
(2022, original release: 2017)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
New Day Films, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (72 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
12920501
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

After spending his early years in foster care, without access to language, DJ Savarese (“Deej”) found not only a loving family but also a life in words, which he types on a text-to-voice synthesizer. As he dreams of college, he confronts the terrors of his past, society’s obstacles to inclusion and the often-paralyzing beauty of his own senses. In this first-of-its-kind collaboration between a veteran filmmaker and a nonspeaking autistic, Robert Rooy and DJ share editorial control as they navigate the challenges of representing autism. DEEJ is a story told from the inside, not by parents or “experts”

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by New Day Films in 2017

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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