Episode
Horizon: Voices from Silent Hands
Overview
Horizon presents a documentary on deaf children and their struggle to learn the sign language.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1981-03-23
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Voices from Silent Hands is Episode 11 in 1981 of Horizon. It aired on 1981-03-23. The runtime is 60 min.
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