‘Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film’ Comes to Theatres

June 20, 2024174 views0

‘Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film’ Comes to Theatres

2024-06-20T08:39:59+01:00

By Church News

On June 20, a movie telling the story of Jesus entirely in American Sign Language will become the first all-ASL feature film to debut in theatres, according to Josselyn, the film’s producer.“I had this thought: I wonder what it would be like if this film was completely in sign language,” Josselyn said in a recent interview over Zoom facilitated by an American Sign Language interpreter.“Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film,” which carries the tagline “for Deaf, by Deaf,” stars Gideon Firl as the Messiah who, like all of the primary cast, signs his way through the role.

Deaf Missions is an international Christian ministry that serves people in more than 100 countries, to create high-quality videos and visual tools in sign language.

Josselyn, who joined in 2006, began with shorter projects before producing the 2018 film “The Book of Job,” an earlier all-ASL movie with an all-deaf cast and production team that was released on video and streaming.

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