SOUND AND FURY

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• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award® nominated Sound of 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 5-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.
• Cast: Jaime Leigh Allen, Jemma Braham, Freeda Cat, Scott Davidson, Ruthanne Gereghty, John Griffin, Barbara Herel, David Jacobs, Karl Katz, John Kaufman, Ann Lenane, Phillip Namanworth, Veronica Nash, Saul Nathan-Kazis, Allison Weisberg, Liza Weisberg, Chris Artinian, Emily Artinian, Heather Artinian, Peter Artinian Jr., Mari Artinian, Marion Artinian, Nita Artinian, Peter Artinian Sr., Tim Artinian, Susan Cheffo, Pat Chute, Diane Hajadamacha, Nancy Hajadamacha, Stan Hajadamacha, Michael Mancini, Nancy Mancini, Simon Parisier, James Tucker, Shelby Vestrich, Josh Aronson
• Director: Josh Aronson
• Runtime: 1:20
• Company: New Video
• Media Format: movie