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Compensation (New 4K Restoration)

Dir. Zeinabu Irene Davis
LIFF Spotlights Closing Film
Sun 16 Nov - 14:30
Vue in the Light, Leeds
Screen 7
Past event
Sun 16 Nov
14:30
Past event

An underseen gem, Zeinabu Irene Davis’s Compensation is a tender and original exploration of the Deaf Black American experience.

Set in Chicago, the film weaves two parallel love stories between a Deaf woman and a hearing man, one set at the turn of the century and the other in the 1990s. Using silent film–style intertitles, evocative archival photographs, and inventive descriptive subtitles, Davis crafts a lyrical and affecting meditation on the complexities of love, language and communication.

"Compensation is an important achievement, illuminating and captivating, and it deserves the chance to reach the widest audience possible." — Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times


The screening on 16 November will include an introduction, with BSL interpretation by Vicci Ackroyd. 

 

Director Zeinabu Irene Davis
Running time 95 mins
Production year 1999
Country USA
Language English, American Sign Language
Courtesy of Janus

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