asl films

Meet filmmaker Mark Wood, the deaf community’s ‘Ed Wood’

By Lexie Cannes (Courtney O'Donnell) on January 23, 2014 • ( 15 )

LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Embarrassingly bad. A writer for Gallaudet University’s student newspaper summed up deaf filmmaker Mark Wood’s film catalogue with those two words. Never were two words more appropriate than its usage to describe his films…. Read More ›

ASL film “Versa Effect” uses transphobic elements

By Lexie Cannes (Courtney O'Donnell) on January 15, 2014 • ( 11 )

THE LEXIE CANNES TRANS REPORT — One marginalized group mocking another marginalized group — deaf vs. transgender — this is a bit of sad commentary about our society. As I began to watch the ASL Films’ production of “Versa Effect”… Read More ›