The documentary recalls the 1988 protests that erupted at Gallaudet University when trustees rejected deaf candidates to lead ...

Documentary looks back on the campaign to appoint the first deaf president of Gallaudet University.

In “Deaf President Now!” directors Nyle DiMarco and Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim recount eight tumultuous days in 1988 at ...

It’s not just a protest you’re watching in “ Deaf President Now !” It’s a revolution. One with civil rights implications for ...

It was spirited youth vs. old fuddy-duddies at the all-deaf Gallaudet University, where students demanded the school choose ...

The students were fed up. It was March 1988, and the board of trustees overseeing Gallaudet University, founded more than a century earlier to educate deaf and hard-of-hearing students ...

A student protest at Gallaudet University forced out its newly appointed president 37 years ago. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Nyle DiMarco, co-director of the new documentary "Deaf President Now!" ...

"Deaf President Now!" filmmakers say the new documentary about 1988 protests at Gallaudet University can inspire young people who feel "they're living in a tumultuous world." ...

Model, activist, and filmmaker Nyle DiMarco talks about his own college days ("I was a bit of an immature party-head") & why the lessons of 'Deaf President Now!' must be remembered.

Gallaudet University in 1988 after the school’s board of trustees appointed a hearing president over several very qualified ...

Nyle DiMarco learned the story of the 1988 Deaf President Now protests at Gallaudet University when he was seven years old, ...