Adam Isenberg
Adam Isenberg is a California-born director and producer with a degree in linguistics from UC Berkeley. His first film, A Life Without Words (2011), received the Best Documentary Award at Cinelatino Toulouse and won the Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award in New York. His documentary Eat Your Catfish (2021) explores complex family dynamics, the limits of communication, and issues of belonging. For ten years he lived in Turkey, where he co-created, co-directed and hosted the long-running travel documentary series Adem'in Seyir Defteri for Turkish state television. He co-produced and co-edited the Turkish fiction feature Motherland (2015) which premiered at the Venice International Critics' Week and won two FIPRESCI awards.
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A Life Without Words
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In the heart of the Nicaraguan mountains leave three deaf siblings : Dulce María, José Francisco and Juan Andrés. Despite the affection of their family and the villagers, none of the three has ever learned a code to communicate. Until the day a deaf teacher named Tomasa arrives, determined to teach them the first words of a specifically Nicaraguan sign language.
A Life Without Words
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In the heart of the Nicaraguan mountains leave three deaf siblings : Dulce María, José Francisco and Juan Andrés. Despite the affection of their family and the villagers, none of the three has ever learned a code to communicate. Until the day a deaf teacher named Tomasa arrives, determined to teach them the first words of a specifically Nicaraguan sign language.
