Movies: Deafness

Angela's deafness raises concerns during her pregnancy regarding connecting with her daughter. Post-delivery, partner Héctor supports her as she learns to mother in a society lacking adequate accommodations for the hearing-impaired....

A deaf security guard on the night shift observes a man in a midst of a crisis: they find a new way to communicate....

An elderly Jewish woman, who was a teenager during the outset of the Holocaust and was forced to choose between her own life and her younger brother's, still lives with the guilt until she finally shares her nightmare experience with her own adult da...

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher fr...

Rex, a DJ, is convinced he can find a better 'sound' for his work by experimenting with deafness....

Li Er, a 17 year old girl who has great difficulty hearing out of her left ear, is rejected after confessing her love to a boy, Xu yi. Instead the boy is in love with Li Bala, a girl who is in fact in love with Zhang Yang. Li Er befriends Li Bala, wh...

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly...

July 26, 2024 — the day of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Elisabeth, a hearing impaired young woman, is torn between depression and the pressure of managing short-term rentals in a hectic Paris. The arrival of Elijah, a radiant and carefree Cali...

The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s....

The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed ...

A deaf 4-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate....

Iva, a troubled teenager trapped between an abusive stepfather and a distant, deaf mother, finds unexpected salvation in a mysterious boy claiming to be Lucifer, a fallen angel sent to guide her. As she wrestles with faith, madness, and destiny, she ...

Anna is twenty-five. Her boyfriend, Louis, is a math teacher. Together, they give birth to a child, Leo. A few months later, the discovery of Leo's deafness is an upheaval....

Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this film shows how the deaf-blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost w...

A documentary that aims at highlighting the daily lives of death people and what a "deaf identity" entails....

Gerelee, a Deaf teenage girl, decides to follow her dreams and audition for a dance company, despite her father’s protests....

Life of Czech composer Smetana, his search for love and artistic inspiration despite hearing loss, and quest for his muse Eliska. Navigating personal and professional challenges and the founding of the National Theatre in Prague....

Through intimate stories and day-to-day routines we get a naturalistic glimpse into the lives of individuals with disabilities in the bustling urban landscape of São Paulo. The film captures personal moments and how modern societies confront (or fail...

A spate of robberies in Southern California schools had an oddly specific target: tubas. In this work of creative nonfiction, d/Deaf first-time feature director Alison O’Daniel presents the impact of these crimes from an unexpected angle. The film un...

The inspirational tale of four-time Women's Motocross Association champion Ashley Fiolek, deaf since birth....