For the first time in over 20 years, Gallaudet University is hosting the Deaf Way Film Festival this week with plans for it to become a regularly hosted, biennial event that is free and open to the public.

The festival is planned across four days, from Thursday through Sunday.

The D.C.-based university last hosted a Deaf Way Festival in 2002 as a way for deaf people from all over the world to meet, connect and celebrate their art and culture.

This year, the film-themed festival includes a screening of the 2025 documentary, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” accompanied by a conversation between Shoshannah Stern and film programmer, Andrea Passafiume.

Also planned is a screening of “Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie,” which is a documentary on the deaf icon, Shelley Beattie.

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