Hear and Now

Hear and Now (2007)

Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky aims her camera at her own life to capture the remarkable transformation of her deaf parents, who decided to undergo a life-changing procedure to restore their hearing after spending 65 years in silence. Chronicling her parents' experiences over their first year of having sound in their lives, Brodsky tells a deeply personal tale that moved viewers to bestow it with the Documentary Audience Award at Sundance 2007.

Date of release
2007-01-27
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Irene Taylor

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary

Hear and Now is a 2007 documentary film by Irene Taylor Brodsky, winning awards in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival; and garnering a Peabody Award in 2008.

Production

This documentary was co-produced by Vermillion Films and HBO Documentary Films, which reduced the financial risks inherent in the project; and the film was distributed by HBO.

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