Brailroom

Dramatizes the life of Louis Braille, including the events that caused him to become blind as well as the cause of his death in 1852 at the age of 43 of tuberculosis. Illustrates the development of the Braille System, which he created in 1824 at the age of 15, and how it was at first rejected and even banned at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth (where Braille attended as a child and was later employed as a teacher).

**This is a preview of the Protocol Entertainment title “Young Heroes: Louis Braille. The full-length version is available from the DCMP:

http://www.dcmp.org/Catalog/TitleDetail.aspx?TID=6362

or on YouTube, with captions and audio description:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyY7u95nxw **

Duration : 0:3:44

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Dramatizes the life of Louis Braille, including the events that caused him to become blind as well as the cause of his death in 1852 at the age of 43 of tuberculosis. Illustrates the development of the Braille System, which he created in 1824 at the age of 15, and how it was at first rejected and even banned at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth (where Braille attended as a child and was later employed as a teacher).

A resource guide (with expanded Braille information and resource links) is available from the following URL:
http://dcmp.org/guides/brailleguide

DCMP members: borrow a DVD of this title (or stream it from our website) by visiting the following URL:
http://www.dcmp.org/Catalog/TitleDetail.aspx?TID=6362

Thanks to Protocol Entertainment (http://www.protocolent.com/) for authorizing the DCMP to provide this title to the world via our YouTube channel.

Thanks to CNIB (http://www.cnib.ca) for authorizing the DCMP to utilize the “Young Heroes: Louis Braille” audio description track.

Duration : 0:36:27

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