89% of young deaf people have seen fake sign on tiktok
Fake sign language is spreading on social media.
These fake sign videos are damaging to the deaf and hard of hearing community, especially young TikTokers who use the platform to express themselves.
We've created RE/SIGN, a British Sign Language dance challenge, to draw attention to this problem and fight the spread of fake sign. Through this campaign we want people to learn sign language in a fun way, but also a correct way.
Get involved by dueting one of our three dances on TikTok, and help fight the spread of fake sign.
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Meet the team
Sam Arnold
Director
Sam Arnold is a nominee for the BIFA 2023 Breakthrough Producer Longlist and an independent deaf filmmaker spanning roles as a producer, director, 1st AD, and screenwriter. With his dedicated love for storytelling and filmmaking, he creates compelling cinematic experiences that enlighten audiences about deaf identity, culture, struggles, and sign language.
Raffie Julien
choreographer and performer
Instagram: @raffiejulien
Raffie Julien is a professional Deaf dancer, actor, BSL director and movement director. She is fluent in both BSL and SSE and highly skilled in mime, physical theatre and choreography.
In 2022 she won the Deaffest Best Actress award for her role in the short film ‘Lost, Taken, Murdered’, and has appeared in a number of television, theatre and dance productions.
Chris fonseca
choreographer and performer
Instagram: @itschrisfonseca
Chris is a professional dancer, mover, choreographer, teacher, creative director and ambassador. Chris works across the UK and overseas, often receiving international invitations, funding & commissions. He is a founding member of Def Motion (2011-13), an all-deaf dance group affiliated with Deaffest - UK's leading Deaf-led Film & Arts Festival. Chris appeared at the Paralympics opening ceremony (London 2012, UK).
sarah adedeji
performer
Instagram: @sarahadedeji.x
Sarah Adedeji is a dancer, performer, poet and writer. She co-hosts a podcast called Socially Sound where she discusses all things Deaf with fellow content creator, Kirsty Jade.
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