BIM Poetry: WALLS

'Walls' is a poem film created in Malaysian Sign Language (BIM) by BIM poet, Anthony Chong and translated into English and film by multimedia poet, Sheena Baharudin. 

The film is part of a larger Malaysian sign language poetry translation project called 'The Poet is the Poem' conceived by CTC grant recipient, 2019-2020 Elaine Foster and co-created with Anthony Chong, Ana Jonessy, and Sheena Baharudin. 

The hope is for this work to be a step towards building a body of BIM literature which can be simultaneously used to inspire other BIM poets and storytellers as well as a teaching tool to support the education of the deaf in Malaysia. 

For more information on the poem film, BIM poetry or how to use this film as a teaching tool in your classroom, please get in touch with elaine@mypoetryschool.org. 

You can also follow and connect with the artists in the following places: Instagram @sheenabaharudin @anthonychong123 @anajonessy @mypoetryschool @theloudergirl 

Facebook/Twitter: MY Poetry School YouTube: https://youtu.be/x4zjSU9N8TM

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