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Sean Patrick Forbes (born February 5, 1982) is a Deaf American hip hop recording artist. [2]He is the co-founder of D-PAN, The Deaf Professional Arts Network, a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2006 with a goal to make music more accessible to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community.
Also considered one of the most notable albums created by the Deaf community, and Forbes is one of the first rappers under the Deaf culture. The CD release of the album comes with a DVD of the music videos based on the tracks, allowing accessibility to both the Deaf community and hearing people. [1] The music videos were also released on YouTube.
On October 28, 2011, D-PAN released their first new ASL music video in a couple years, "We're Going to be Friends" by the White Stripes. After an announcement on the White Stripes Facebook page, the video went viral, making the front page of Reddit , appearing on CBS News and was briefly shown and mentioned on the Today show on November 3, 2011.
"The difference between a deaf performer and an interpreter is originality," Snipe told TODAY via email. "A performer creates original artwork through their presentation, whereas an interpreter ...
Deaf History Month began on March 13 and to celebrate, Sesame Workshop partnered with the National Theater of the Deaf to create music videos featuring American Sign Language (ASL) for kids all ...
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The film was cited as a necessary look at the world of deaf performers. [5] [6]The film won awards at five film festivals (Newport Beach, Philadelphia International, Jury Award at the DC Deaf Film Festival Jury, World Deaf Cinema and Perspektiva Moscow Film Festival) was an Official Selection at dozens of other film festivals. [2]
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