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Eye for Film's review praised the documentary's restraint and the directors' decision to let Charles Graves carry the story without overproduction.
The Daily Moth — ASL-first news — conducted an interview with Charles Graves directly in ASL, no interpreter mediation.
Broadway World's AFF coverage included a featured write-up on the documentary, broadening the film's reach into theatrical and arts press.
A festival-circuit review out of AFF that captured the audience-favorite energy in the room at the premiere screening.
The Austin Chronicle’s premiere-weekend coverage at AFF, calling out Charles Graves as America’s first Deaf Santa and exploring representation through the eyes of co-director Anthony Mowl, a fourth-generation Deaf Texan whose daughter is fifth-generation Deaf. A defining quote in the local conversation around the film.
An in-depth Texas Highways profile of Charles Graves and the road from New Braunfels to the Austin Film Festival premiere — how Anthony Mowl first met Charles at a Texas School for the Deaf holiday event, the partnership that grew from that encounter, and what it means for Deaf children to finally have a Santa who signs.
Get every new letter the day it publishes, plus behind-the-scenes stories from the road.