Disability and movies: Children of a lesser god

” below the surface level of a movie for the deaf lies a movie for the intelligent. In a form drawn out of proportion so that it is unrecognizable until you think, Children of a Lesser God is not about deaf people but about the difficulties we all face in relationships.
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Who was Helen Keller? An extraordinary example of revenge on deafblindness

Helen Adams Keller was an American writer, activist and teacher, deaf-blind since the age of 19 months. Her story and that of her teacher Anne Sullivan, it is surprising and unique, for will, determination and strength, so as to have inspired several movies (Deliverance, The Unconquered, Anna dei miracoli, The Miracle Worker).
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