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[serene]

I'm looking for videos in two of my three new languages: ASL and Dutch. Any pointers to videos that would be good for a person new to the language? (I'm not talking about instructional videos, but more like films, shows, or other videos that are done in ASL or Dutch with no English involved.)

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[jae]

This is almost certainly premature, but the website is essentially everything that has been broadcast on Dutch television, rebroadcast on the Internet. And it has (Dutch) subtitles, which is awesome.

-J

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[betonica]

I have a friend out your way, Jennifer Jacobs, who has been a sign interpreter for a few decades (I met her when I lived there, so perhaps early 80s). She's on facebook, and I occasionally see her posting videos and then interpreting them for either the ASL crowd or the rest of us. She would probably have some good ideas.

[wild_irises]

If you can get a video of A Question of Silence in Dutch, I think it is one of the best feminist films ever made (and funny in places and well-told and and and). I know subtitled versions are available, but there might be something around without.

[makalove]

Not sure how to get hold of them, but i'd love to see some of these films: http://www.aslfilms.com/

Also:
http://www.handspeak.com/byte/f/index.php?byte=films
http://www.johnlubotsky.com/deafcinema/