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- DirectorZeinabu irene DavisStarsJohn Earl JelksMichelle A. BanksNirvana CobbThe life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
- DirectorFred GerberStarsJoBeth WilliamsKellie MartinAlan RosenbergLaura is a 20-year-old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker, who teaches her how to communicate--and uncovers her true personality.
- DirectorJosh AronsonStarsJaime Leigh AllenJemma BrahamFreeda CatIf you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated Sound and Fury follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a technological device that can help the deaf to hear but may also threaten deaf culture - and their bonds with each other. For Peter Artinian and his wife, both of whom are deaf, a surgical ear implant for their five-year-old daughter Heather means a choice between two worlds - an unfamiliar hearing world and the deaf world, a robust culture in its own right united by a uniquely visual and artistic language. Heather Artinian - precocious, vivacious, and avidly curious about implant surgery - is caught between her deaf parents and her hearing grandparents, as they argue passionately about her future. The debate is sometimes silent, but by no means quiet. When all is done, Sound and Fury speaks volumes about the choices we make and the battles we fight in order to be heard..
- DirectorJanet ElaineStarsLee BurnsLisa CarnahanJennifer DorseyCommuncation gaps and the back-roads of Texas. Two sisters - one Deaf, the other hearing - struggle to face the past and re-connect after the death of their mother - the only family member who "spoke" sign language.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsRichard DreyfussGlenne HeadlyJay ThomasA frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsLee RemickMarlee MatlinMichael O'KeefeAfter her husband is killed in a car accident, Peg, who is deaf, has a nervous breakdown. Her mother assumes custody of Peg's daughter Lisa but after Peg recovers, Peg's mother refuses to let her daughter take back custody,
- DirectorRanda HainesStarsWilliam HurtMarlee MatlinPiper LaurieA new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJames FarentinoLouise FletcherTess HarperSilent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new stepfather. But when a highly trained orangutan named Casey is thrown from a truck near Toby's home, the boy soon has a secret friend he can communicate with via sign language.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsSally StruthersJames WoodsRandee HellerA couple whose son had been institutionalized after being diagnosed as intellectually disabled are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong: their son is deaf.
- DirectorTroy KotsurStarsJohn MaucereMichelle NunesZane HenckerA deaf actor who plays a superhero on a TV show must look beyond the cape to inspire a deaf boy to believe in himself.
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsPaul SorvinoLeVar BurtonBrian DennehyA deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer.