Deaf Mosaic
59 Episodes
This is an Emmy-winning television magazine series hosted by Gil Eastman and Mary Lou Novitsky. This series provides interesting and important insights into history and culture and features stories around the country and the world.
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31:24Episode 1
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Episode 1
Stories include Chicagoland Advocates for Signed Theatre (CAST), United Way actress Julie Bartee, Great Lakes Regional Bowling Tournament, teacher James Womack, attorney Sheila Conlon, and chemist George Dougherty.
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31:37Episode 2
Deaf Mosaic 206
Episode 2
Stories include the National Association of the Deaf convention in Salt Lake City, Miss Deaf America pageant, carpentry business owners Kevin and Tim Clark, tips on writing a will, and Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Lowe.
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31:29Episode 3
Deaf Mosaic 207
Episode 3
Stories related to aging include Columbus Colony in Ohio, Indianapolis Senior Center, and Al Sonnenstrahl of the National Academy on Deafness at Gallaudet University. Artist profiles on John Brewster and John Riddlebaugh are also presented.
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31:26Episode 4
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Episode 4
Stories include Youth Leadership Camp, a sailing family, actor Howie Seago, the Wildfire performing group, legal rights of tenants, and advocate John James Flournoy.
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31:27Episode 5
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Episode 5
Stories include producer Julianna Fjeld, Georgia School for the Deaf, attorney Sheila Conlon, Gallaudet's change to university status, Gallaudet president Dr. Jerry Lee, and first Gallaudet graduate Melville Ballard.
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31:08Episode 6
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Episode 6
Stories include activist/author Dr. Frank Bowe, educator/coach Dr. Wesley Lauritsen, farmer Steven Miller, feminist/poet Angeline Fuller Fischer, and peace marches across the country.
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30:42Episode 7
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Episode 7
Stories include animator Mark Fisher, dancer Amnon Damti, travel agent Robert Lewis, shoemaker Cecil White, and inventor Anton Schroeder.
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31:11Episode 8
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Episode 8
Stories include gang counselor Pedro Acevedo, author Lou Anne Walker, librarian Alice Hagemeyer, woodcarver John Lewis Clarke, Commission on Education of the Deaf, and an annual sports report.
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31:08Episode 9
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Episode 9
This episode presents highlights of the first two years of "Deaf Mosaic."
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30:56Episode 10
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Episode 10
Stories include stained glass artist Sander Blondel, teenage suicide prevention, subway safety advocate Marla Hatrak, space program educator Joan Turner, and labor economic specialist Benjamin Schowe.
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31:17Episode 11
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Episode 11
Stories include actor Bernard Bragg, Gary Olsen of National Association of the Deaf, American Athletic Association of the Deaf basketball championship in Las Vegas, religious activities of Jewish people, and inventor Anson Spear.
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31:28Episode 12
Deaf Mosaic 304
Episode 12
Stories include photographer Maggie Lee Sayre, actor Bernard Bragg, actress Marlee Matlin, blackjack dealer Gerri Ehrlich, lifeguard LeRoy Colombo, and Muriel Strassler of National Association of the Deaf.
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31:25Episode 13
Deaf Mosaic 305
Episode 13
Stories feature physician Cesar Servellon, attorney Michael Schwartz, National Barrier Awareness Foundation, Commission on Education of the Deaf, Larry Newman of National Association of the Deaf, and Dr. Peter Fine.
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30:20Episode 14
Deaf Mosaic 306
Episode 14
Stories include rodeo competitors Ronnie Milliorn and Shelly Lilly, telecommunications for deaf people, Dwight Benedict on the World Winter Games for the Deaf, inventor Robert Weitbrecht, and Gary Olsen of National Association of the Deaf.
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30:44Episode 15
Deaf Mosaic 307
Episode 15
Stories include the World Congress of the Deaf in Finland, a tour of Helsinki, Larry Newman of the National Association of the Deaf, and world leader Dzago Vukotic.
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31:31Episode 16
Deaf Mosaic 308
Episode 16
Stories include collectible car restorer Dick Pearson, leader Francis P. Gibson, National Fraternal Society of the Deaf convention, American Deaf Volleyball Association, Deaf Women United, and Wall Street investment executive Rafael Pinchas.
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31:13Episode 17
Deaf Mosaic 309
Episode 17
Stories include pilot Skip Sprague, scuba diver Jack Wales, Jr., 18th century author Pierre Desloges, businessman David Birnbaum, and World War II survivor Stanley Teger.
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31:04Episode 18
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Episode 18
Stories include "The Dybbuk" by National Theatre of the Deaf, painter Louis Frisino, Capital Children's Museum, marathon runner Flo Vold, and early American deaf student Alice Cogswell.
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30:35Episode 19
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Episode 19
Stories include U.S. presidential campaign staff viewpoints, hearing service dogs of Massachusetts, Boston Theatre of the Deaf, wrestler William Suttka, and fencer Anna Barenblatt.
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31:08Episode 20
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Episode 20
This special report on AIDS features interviews with U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Dr. Anthony Fauci of National Institutes of Health, and actor/dancer Sam Edwards.
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30:48Episode 21
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Episode 21
Stories include a university production of “Children of a Lesser God”, book publisher DawnSignPress, leader George Veditz, hockey player Jim Kyte, and artist Arthur D. Bryant.
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30:09Episode 22
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Episode 22
A look at the 1988 “Deaf President Now” protest at Gallaudet University which includes interviews with Greg Hlibok, Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne, Jerry Covell, and Dr. I. King Jordan.
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30:49Episode 23
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Episode 23
Stories include memories of the Holocaust, a play about baseball legend Dummy Hoy, writer Yvonne Pitrois, painter Arthur Bryant, and a deafness encyclopedia.
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31:20Episode 24
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Episode 24
Stories include educational leader Andrew Foster, Commission on Education of the Deaf, accessibility services at national tourist attractions, “World Around You” magazine, “Sign ’n Sweat” aerobics video, and photographer Theophilus D’Estrella.