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Breaking Silence follows Walker Estes, a prison chaplain in the US state of Louisiana, as he assists Deaf people who are incarcerated by helping them to understand their rights, overcome communication barriers and even establish stable lives after their release. Described by his daughter Leslie as a man ‘always seeking to improve the lives of others’, Estes’s impassioned advocacy stems from his life as a Deaf man and from Leslie’s experience navigating the criminal justice system. Both a sensitive portrait of institutional marginalisation and an affecting study of family dynamics, the film holds room for both collective and personal struggle – as well as positive change.
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Animals and humans
One man’s quest to save an orphaned squirrel, as narrated by David Attenborough
14 minutes
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Computing and artificial intelligence
A future in which ‘artificial scientists’ make discoveries may not be far away
9 minutes
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History
Hags, seductresses, feminist icons – how gender dynamics manifest in witches
13 minutes
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Wellbeing
Children of the Rwandan genocide face a unique stigma 30 years later
20 minutes
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Meaning and the good life
Leading 1950s thinkers on the search for happiness in trying times
29 minutes
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War and peace
Two Ukrainian boys’ summer unfolds just miles from the frontlines
22 minutes
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Nature and landscape
California’s landscapes provide endless inspiration for a woodcut printmaker
10 minutes
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Love and friendship
Never marry a man you love too much, and other views on romance in Sierra Leone
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Engineering
Can monumental ‘ice stupas’ help remote Himalayan villages survive?
15 minutes