You've heard plenty of stories about America's civil rights movement over the decades—but probably not this one. Dropping on Apple TV+ on Friday, May 16, Deaf President Now! is a new (and, with a stellar 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, acclaimed) documentary that recounts the eight days of historic protests held at Washington, D.C.'s Gallaudet University—a school centered on the education of the deaf and hard of hearing—in 1988 after the school’s board of trustees appointed a hearing president over several very qualified Deaf candidates.
"After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university’s first Deaf president," reads the doc's summary, per the streaming service. "The protests marked a pivotal moment in civil rights history, with an impact that extended well beyond the Gallaudet campus, and paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."
