Films

On the film page, include a blurb for the short film, the submission to sun dance (a man without words), a blurb on the full-length documentary (without words), bio & credits for Zachary, possibly picture of young Ildefonso and Susan. Include a link to Zachary.

 

Ildefonso grew up without any language. Born deaf to hearing parents who never exposed him to signing, he had no shared language and had no idea what language was.  A Man Without Words (Susan Schaller, UC Press, 2012) tells the story of his journey to language, to connection with the human community. Now, a documentary (Zachary Godshall, director) brings Ildefonso and Susan back to the classroom where they met, where he learned that he and everything has a name, and she learned what it is to be human.