The film calls for:
Language from the beginning. Every Deaf child deserves early access to sign language and the ability to communicate fully.
Education without barriers. Deaf children deserve meaningful access to education—from childhood through university.
Families who can communicate. Hearing parents need the knowledge and support to embrace their Deaf child and learn to sign.
Visibility and equality. Deaf and disabled people should not be hidden, underestimated, excluded, or treated as less capable.
Deaf voices at the center. Change must include Deaf people as educators, advocates, leaders, and decision-makers.
At its heart, Dante’s Story is also about transformation. Dante changes the assumptions of those around him—from his grandfather’s understanding of deafness to Holly’s own journey from trying to make her son hear to learning to understand and embrace his Deaf world.
The message is simple: Language is a right. Education is a right. Belonging is a right.
Vision and Impact
The message is simple: Language is a right. Education is a right. Belonging is a right.
Who We Hope to Reach:
Dante’s Story speaks to Deaf communities and their families; hearing parents of Deaf children; Deaf educators, interpreters, and advocates; Indigenous and disability-rights communities; educators and policymakers in Peru and beyond; and anyone moved by stories of unexpected human connection and transformation.
And especially, the film returns to Q’eros itself, where Dante’s story began, with the hope of opening new conversations about deafness, disability, acceptance, and possibility within Indigenous communities.
Dante’s story is Peruvian. The struggle is universal.
Who We Hope to Reach
Dante’s Story speaks to Deaf communities and their families; hearing parents of Deaf children; Deaf educators, interpreters, and advocates; Indigenous and disability-rights communities; educators and policymakers in Peru and beyond; and anyone moved by stories of unexpected human connection and transformation.
And especially, the film returns to Q’eros itself, where Dante’s story began—with the hope of opening new conversations about deafness, disability, acceptance, and possibility within Indigenous communities.
Dante’s story is Peruvian. The struggle is universal.
