Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
To see where the film is playing near you (including with BSL signers and interpreters) bit.ly/1K846jM
Power in Our Hands is a ground-breaking documentary – containing newly digitised archive footage available to the public for the first time – on the Deaf community's fight for civil rights and principally, the right to be heard.
Combining social history and archive film with contemporary interviews, and released in the 125th anniversary year of the British Deaf Association, Power in Our Hands explores the secret history and heritage of the Deaf community in the UK.
The film is fully signed throughout and with subtitles. Both hearing and D/deaf audiences will enjoy the chance to see this untold history on screen.
Power in Our Hands is produced by the British Deaf Association, through funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund. To read more about the project, click here: bda.org.uk/share-deaf-visual-archive
To see where the film is playing near you (including with BSL signers and interpreters) bit.ly/1K846jM
Power in Our Hands is a ground-breaking documentary – containing newly digitised archive footage available to the public for the first time – on the Deaf community's fight for civil rights and principally, the right to be heard.
Combining social history and archive film with contemporary interviews, and released in the 125th anniversary year of the British Deaf Association, Power in Our Hands explores the secret history and heritage of the Deaf community in the UK.
The film is fully signed throughout and with subtitles. Both hearing and D/deaf audiences will enjoy the chance to see this untold history on screen.
Power in Our Hands is produced by the British Deaf Association, through funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund. To read more about the project, click here: bda.org.uk/share-deaf-visual-archive
