You can now watch Found in Love, the latest instalment in the Found series of documentaries, on the BSL Zone website.
This episode tells three Deaf people’s stories of how they fell in love and through their new partner, discovered the Deaf world, sign language and a new sense of identity.
Among the stories is that of Lesley Reeves-Costi, who first saw her husband, Memnos, when she saw him presenting for BBC See Hear over 20 years ago.
Dean Kamitsis explains how his life changed after he became deaf then went to Blackpool Deaf Rally, while Diane Borthwick-Hare tells of how she felt lost after her mother passed away, but meeting Trevor helped things improve.
The documentary was made by this site’s Editor, Charlie Swinbourne, was produced by Juggle Productions and funded by British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust.
Watch Found in Love by clicking here.
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Vera
October 18, 2016
I loved this film, and the previous Found film, posted a while ago. As an adult-onset, severely deaf, fully oral 63 year old I also found myself wistfully envious of Lesley Reeves-Costi when she talked about the joy of understanding “everything” in sign, and not missing “anything”. It wouldn’t work for me, in my hearing world with hearing husband, family, friends and acquaintances but, goodness, I could relate to the sentiment.
Editor
October 18, 2016
Thank you! Charlie