WOMAN FROM THE BUBBLE

Director: Netta Loevy
Release Date: 2007
Runtime: 59 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Country: Israel
Language: Hebrew and Sign Language, Hebrew subtitles

Synopsis:
“I know you from TV,” says Khaled, a deaf Palestinian, to Lee Dan, an Israeli sign language interpreter, when he meets her at an army checkpoint. Lee laughs. She’s got this special ring to her laugh which sometimes even deaf people can pick up. Hearing people, too, know her from the small “bubble” on the TV screen, translating programs into sign language. Outside the bubble, Lee goes on interpreting for deaf people in various situations: at school, in court, in therapy, even in the delivery room. The film goes into the bubble, and tells the story of people like Lee, who live between silence and sound.