George William Veditz (August 13, 1861 – March 12, 1937) was an American educator, filmmaker, and activist who served as the seventh President of the National Association of the Deaf from 1904 to 1910.

During this time, cinema gained popularity, and Veditz dedicated the NAD to raising money to finance recordings of speeches in sign language.

The shootings of the NAD were the first registry done of sign languages in the world, and are considered a valuable document of Deaf history.

In the film, Veditz makes an enthusiastic defence of the right of the Deaf people to use sign language and talks of its beauty, as well as its value to humanity.

The Deaf Cultural Digital Library (DCDL) Law has been passed and signed by the governor of Maryland in May 2014, the first of its kind in the US.