Beyond Boundaries : Deaf President Now!
Sep 18, 2025 7:00pm — 9:00pm
Auditorium
Deaf President Now! (Nyle DiMarco and David Guggenheim, 2025).
Over eight intense days in 1988, a student protest at the world’s only deaf university changed the course of history. This powerful new film is a first-person account of the historical protests of the same name from the students-turned-organizers who came into their own and helped change the way the world saw the Deaf community, in turn advancing the disability rights movement.
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7W3dv6ano
Beyond Boundaries Screening & Discussion Series is a distinctive program at Buffalo State that has been running since 2014. This annual, six-part film series is organized around categories of diversity including, but not limited to race, gender, class, sexuality, and abilities, with an emphasis on intersectionality. It creates an opportunity for open dialogue on social justice issues among college students, staff, faculty and members of the greater Western New York community.
Beyond Boundaries is sponsored by the Office of Equity and Campus Diversity, the Communication Department, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. All screenings are held in Burchfield Penney Art Center and are free and open to the public.
The series is curated by Professors Ruth Goldman and Meg Knowles