In “Deaf President Now!” directors Nyle DiMarco and Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim recount eight tumultuous days in 1988 at Washington, DC’s Gallaudet University – the only Deaf university in the U.S. At the time students were protesting after the school’s board of trustees appointed a hearing president over several very qualified Deaf candidates. In the University’s 124-year history, Gallaudet had never been led by a Deaf person despite growing sentiment from the community that it was time for a Deaf leader.

For the documentary, DiMarco, a Deaf actor-advocate, and Guggenheim interviewed the four Gallaudet graduates – Greg Hlibok, Jerry Covell, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, and Tim Rarus – who were responsible for organizing the week-long movement that consisted of rallies, boycotts and protests. In the film, the foursome describe events in their own words, which are signed on-screen and spoken aloud by unseen actors. Told primarily through American Sign Language, intermixed with archival footage and experiential use of silence and sound, the Apple+ doc tells the story of a game-changing protest.

Initially, DiMarco worked with producer Jonathan King on scripted versions of the Gallaudet protests. But with countless hours of archival footage and the four movement organizers willing to sit down for interviews, DiMarco and King determined that the events were dramatic and compelling enough to make a documentary. DiMarco and King eventually approached Guggenheim, with whom King had collaborated on “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”

Guggenheim had never co-directed a film and was initially “terrified” to make the doc.

“I think that the hearing world looked past this moment because they didn’t take the time to understand Deaf culture and Deaf history,” says Guggenheim. “It’s actua

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Gimme the Weight,” the Season 4 finale of “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” now streaming on Starz.

Since its debut in 2021, “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” has taken fans on a dark and stormy ride. The family crime drama centers on teenage Kanan (MeKai Curtis), who, having been raised by his cutthroat queenpin mother, Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller), transforms from the innocent school-focused boy to the murderous villain (portrayed by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) who resurfaced in “Power” seeking vengeance and blood. 

Though Kanan, Raq, her brothers Marvin (London Brown) and Lou-Lou (Malcolm Mays) and Kanan’s cousin Jukebox (Hailey Kilgore) were originally a tight-knit (though criminally minded) crew, greed, power, death and deception have continually fractured their bond.

In the final moments of the Season 4 finale, “Gimme the Weight,” Kanan and Raq find themselves in a stunning confrontation. Enraged by the murders of his best friend, Famous (Antonio Ortiz) and his girlfriend, Krystal (Aliyah Turner), Kanan, who blames Raq for their deaths, aims a gun at her head. As the screen goes black, a gunshot rings out, closing out the penultimate season of the 1990s-set series. 

“For Raq’s final scene, we felt we wanted to make sure that it felt earned,” creator and showrunner Sascha Penn tells Variety. “It didn’t feel too ove