Wolf's Milk

Directed by Munir Atalla · 2020

An intimate portrait of a deaf blacksmith in Wahdat, Jordan, who communicates through a sign language largely his own.

A tender portrait of a man who built his own language and his own dignity.

“In this place, the way you treat someone determines who you are.” Abdullah Ahmad, a blacksmith from Wahdat, Jordan, has lived by this precept his whole life. Abdullah was born deaf, but through care, trial, and patience

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