Beyond Silence (1960 film)

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Beyond Silence
Directed by Edmond Levy
Production
company
Milner-Fenwick [1]
Distributed by United States Information Agency
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Beyond Silence is a 1960 American short documentary film directed by Edmond Levy. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [2] It is about Gallaudet College, a school for the deaf. [3]

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  1. Sun, Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore. "Ervin M. Milner, founded production house". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. "NY Times: Beyond Silence". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
  3. Library of Congress. (1973). Films and other materials for projection. Library of Congress catalogs. Washington: Library of Congress. p. 68. Retrieved February 23, 2019.