(1995),12:40, 16mm, B/W
Narrative about a deaf couple and how their loving relationship becomes one
of violence. Based on actual events in the filmmaker's life.
Film Festival Screenings and Awards
The 38th Brno Sixteen International Amateur Film & Video Competition,
Brno, Czech Republic, October 9-12, 1997.
Asahi Shimbun Prize, 12th Hiroshima International Amateur Film/Video Festival,
Nakaku, Hiroshima, Japan, July 26,1997.
The 1997 Colorlab Award for Outstanding Project in the Amateur/Pre Professional
Category, CINE Showcase and Awards Ceremonies, Washington, DC, February 27-28,
1997.
CINE Eagle Award, CINE Annual Awards Ceremony, Washington,DC, February 27-28,
1997.
Presented in general competition, Golden Knight International Film and Video
Festival, Valletta, Malta, November, 1996.
Student Drama Award, Bettina Russell Film Festival, Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 5, 1996.
Director's Citation Award, Black Maria Film Festival, September, 1996.
Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT, January 23, 1996.
Honorable Mention Award, Redstone Film Festival, Boston, MA, November 9,1995.
Honorable Mention Award, Louisville Film and Video Festival, Louisville,
KY, November 4,1995.
Film Screenings at Special Interest Conferences
The Western Massachusetts Deaf Leaders Group, The Big E, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, September 2001.
Spotlight: Deaf Filmmakers at Aurora Picture Show, Illuminations...Theatre with the Deaf, Houston, Texas, September, 2001.
Deaf Art Exhibition, Deaf Studies VI: Making the Connection Conference, Fremont,
California, April 1999.
Lunchbox Session on how to help Deaf and Hard of Hearing women in domestic
violence situations, Pennsylvania Statewide Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
Hershey, PA, March 1997.
Deaf Speaker Series, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester,
NY, January 1997.
Films by Dawn Skwersky, Deaf Awareness Week Celebration, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, MA, September 1996.
Deaf Awareness Week Screening, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, September
1996.
Women Filmmakers Present, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, March 1996.
Deaf Artists Exhibit, 2nd Annual American Sign Language Literature Conference,
Rochester, NY, March 1996.
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Annual Consumer Conference, "Dealing
With and Reporting Abuse," Boston, MA, January 1996.
National Deaf Studies IV Conference, Deaf Artists Exhibit, Woburn, MA, March
1995.
(1995),12:40, 16mm, B/W