Media Contact:
Steve Baldwin
May 11, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FILM ON TEXAS DEAF HISTORY TO PREMIERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN JUNE
AUSTIN, TX- The Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) and Davideo
Productions will host its world premiere of a documentary film about
TAD on June 11, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.
JOURNEY THROUGH DEAF TEXAS chronicles the history of TAD since its
inception in 1886 and its historic accomplishments that have had an
impact on deaf and hard of hearing Texans. This film will kick off the
45th biennial TAD conference at the El Tropicana Riverwalk Hotel in
San Antonio on June 12 & 13, 2009.
This film took more than two years to produce and was made possible
through a grant from the Travis County Council of the Deaf and
subsequent funding from TAD. The film was co-produced, directed, and
edited by David H. Pierce who has worked in the television industry
for 24 years.
Stephen C. Baldwin, Ph.D., president of TAD, co-producer, writer, and
researcher of the film, says that “the film is not all about politics
and legislative endeavors, but it has sentimental moments about
leadership, failures, triumphs, ignorance, apathy and the need to
continue to work on making lives better for the Texas Deaf Community.”
It will be screened at 7pm at the Buena Vista Theatre located at the
University of Texas-San Antonio downtown campus on 501 W. Durango in
San Antonio. General admission for this fundraiser is $5. Funds raised
will be used for further distribution of the film as well as the
production of a book to accompany the film.
Texas Association of the Deaf is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
established in 1886 to safeguard the rights of deaf and hard of
hearing Texans. More information can be found at wwww.deaftexas.org
Davideo Productions is a motion picture film & broadcast television
production, syndication and consulting firm based in Seguin, Texas and
is owned by deaf broadcast/cable veteran David H. Pierce. More
information can be found at www.davideo.tv