Hear and Now

Jan 20 2007 Not Rated 1h 25m
Documentary

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.

Plot

In this deeply personal memoir, filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky documents her deaf parents' complex decision to leave their world of silence and undergo a dangerous surgery to get cochlear implants -- the only one of its kind that can restore a sense. At the age of 65, Paul and Sally Taylor decided they wanted to hear their first symphonies, hear their children's' voices, and talk on the phone. How will this operation transform them, their relationship with each other, and the deaf world they might leave behind? This is a story of two people taking a journey from silence to sound. The question is, what will they make of it, and what might they gain -- or lose -- forever?

Written by

Irene Taylor

Directed by

Irene Taylor

Cast

Sally Taylor, David Taylor, Paul Taylor

Crew

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Production Companies

HBO, HBO Documentary Films

Awards

7 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
368
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA