Jade Bryan
Directing
Biography
Jade Bryan is a disability activist and filmmaker. She graduated with a BFA degree in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Bryan founded DeafVision Filmworks, Inc. and Jade Films and Entertainment, LLC, and has produced and directed such award-winning documentaries as "Listen to the Hands of Our People", "On and Off Stage: The Bruce Hlibok Stories", "9/11 Fear in Silence: The Forgotten Underdogs" and "Reaching Zenith: A Black Deaf Filmmaker's Journey."
Known For
Two musicians become intrigued with a Deaf woman whose idea for music is a whole different tune: awareness and acceptance before one can fall in love.
If You Could Hear My Own Tune
A compelling documentary about Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who were the FIRST citizens to become shut out from outside communication and ‘left in the dark,’ and the LAST to receive access to critical information, or be delivered from danger on September 11, 2001.
9/11: Fear in Silence
A documentary film featuring seven deaf and hard of hearing people living with AIDS.
Listen to the Hands of Our People
A documentary about deaf theater artist Bruce Hlibok, who achieved Broadway fame at a young age, until illness cut his career short.
On and Off Stage: The Bruce Hlibok Story
A deaf African American woman tries to decide whether to go to Gallaudet or NYU.
Cutting the Edge of the Free Bird
In this gentrified Harlem dramedy series, Somalia LaMine, a Black deaf fashion designer, pop-up store owner, and TikTok influencer experiences new challenges and hilarious situations associated with the pressures and demands of a Gen Z era.