8.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Deaf President Now! (2025)
Deaf President Now! (2025)
Overview
Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about. During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world's only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead a revolution—and change the course of history.
Starring Cast
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
8.6
Overview
Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about. During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world's only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead a revolution—and change the course of history.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film chronicles a pivotal civil rights movement, highlighting the deaf community's collective action to challenge systemic ableism and demand self-determination and representative leadership. It explicitly promotes themes of social justice and equity for marginalized groups.
This documentary immerses audiences in the Deaf experience, chronicling a pivotal moment of student activism through American Sign Language and a unique Deaf Point of View. It features Deaf activists and directors, highlighting the struggle for self-determination and challenging traditional power structures that have historically marginalized the Deaf community.
Secondary
The film's narrative primarily focuses on a social movement, with no discernible content related to family structures or family-life norms.
Deaf President Now! does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Publicly available information and reviews for the film do not mention any LGBTQ+ representation within its narrative or character arcs.
Deaf President Now! (2025) documents the historic 1988 student protests at Gallaudet University, focusing on Deaf community activism and civil rights. The film's narrative and character arcs do not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story explores institutional change and disability representation, with no depiction of gender identity or sexual transformation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The documentary "Deaf President Now!" recounts the 1988 Gallaudet University protests. All characters featured in the film are portrayed with genders consistent with their established historical identities. There are no instances of characters whose on-screen gender differs from their canonical or historical record.
The film documents the 1988 Gallaudet University protests, featuring real historical figures such as Jerry Covell, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok, and I. King Jordan. There is no evidence suggesting that any of these historically documented individuals are portrayed by actors of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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7.9
8.2
Critic Ratings
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