As we look ahead to the 2026 movie calendar, there are a lot of exciting things coming our way, and that surely will include some thought-provoking true stories. Last year was a great one for documentaries that are sure to stick with us for quite some time, and for me, Deaf President Now! stands out as one of the most inspiring. Four alumni of Gallaudet University recall the events of a one-week student protest in 1988 that resulted in the school’s first deaf president and huge leaps for disabled Americans as a whole.
Deaf President Now! is a powerful documentary from directors Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim that can be streamed with an Apple TV subscription, and I really hope it helps bring to light what they call the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about.
