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Wednesday, January 9th! at the disTHIS! Film Series:
"Sound and Fury" Double Feature
... and talkback with Producer/Director Josh Aronson following the screening!
The life of the Artinian family of Long Island was chronicled in the Academy Award nominated film Sound and Fury, released in 2000. This provocative documentary chroniocles one family's struggle over whether or not to provide two deaf children with cochlear implants, devices that stimulate hearing.
Viewers are propelled into the very personal consequences of a heated political and cultural debate. As the Artinians debate what is the right choice for two deaf cousins, Heather, 6, and Peter, 1 1/2, viewers are introduced to one of the most controversial issues affecting deaf culture and community. Deaf-culture has been described as “membership in a close-knit, supportive community based on a rich history and beautiful language.” Sound and Fury is both a wonderfully constructed, poetic glimpse into deaf culture and an examination of its possible extinction with the “new-and-improved” technology of the cochlear implant.
At the heart of Sound and Fury are the questions: Cochlear implants may provide access to the hearing world, but what do the devices mean for a person's sense of identity with deaf culture? Can durable bridges be built between the deaf and hearing worlds? And, if so, at what cost?
But Heather isn't alone, we discover. Her two deaf younger brothers, her deaf mother, her deaf aunt and her two deaf cousins have also had cochlear implants. Will they be able to navigate between the hearing world of her school and the signing deaf world at large? What has the impact of their decision been?
Find out THIS WEDNESDAY January 9th at disTHIS! and enjoy this rare opportunity to see both movies screened together and discuss the issues raised in Sound and Fury as we discuss both movies -- and debate which inspired them -- with Producer/Director Josh Aronson following the screening!
The Los Angeles Times wrote:
"The kind of intensely human drama that the best of Sundance documentaries often provide. Intimately focused as well as fair to all sides, this is a powerful examination of a question that is nowhere as simple as it may seem at first!"
The New York Times reported:
"A documentary about cochlear implants, the relatively new devices that allow many deaf people to hear, may not sound like anyone's idea of compelling filmmaking, but Josh Aronson's "Sound and Fury" -- which follows two branches of a Long Island family through the decision-making process about the implant's use -- is powerful, insightful, important and emotionally wrenching."
"A documentary about cochlear implants, the relatively new devices that allow many deaf people to hear, may not sound like anyone's idea of compelling filmmaking, but Josh Aronson's "Sound and Fury" -- which follows two branches of a Long Island family through the decision-making process about the implant's use -- is powerful, insightful, important and emotionally wrenching."
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said:
"Intellectually absorbing and emotionally gripping, and it rather skillfully forces us to think about the 'blessings' of technology with a whole new kind of wariness."
Awards & Recognitions
-- Nominated, Best Documentary, Academy Awards, (2001)
Awards & Recognitions
-- Nominated, Best Documentary, Academy Awards, (2001)
-- Freedom of Expression Award, National Board of Review (2000)
-- Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival (2000)
Sound and Fury & Sound and Fury: Six Years Later
United States, 2000
Running Time: 80 minutes
Language: English
United States, 2000
Running Time: 80 minutes
Language: English
Captioned: Yes
Director: Josh Aronson
Director: Josh Aronson
Sound and Fury: Six Years Later
United States, 2006
Running Time: 30 minutes
Language: English
United States, 2006
Running Time: 30 minutes
Language: English
Captioned: Yes
Director: Josh Aronson
Director: Josh Aronson
Where: DCTV, 3rd Floor Screening Room. 87 Lafayette Street (By Subway: 6, N, R, Q, W, J, M, Z to Canal Street; go two blocks south) between Walker & White.
Time: 6:30 to 9pm. Screening starts @ 7pm
Donation: $5
disTHIS! movies, talkback sessions and related events are open to the public. $5 donation. This film is presented in English with open captions. ASL interpretation available upon request. Space is wheelchair accessible. There is a cash bar for drinks, but space is limited to the first 65 people! Recent articles in the Tribeca Trib, New York Nonprofit Press and the NY Times -- and YOUR support -- have consistently filled disTHIS! screenings to capacity. DON'T MISS OUT! Call 212.284.4160 to reserve YOUR seat or email: disthis@...
The disTHIS! Film Series, a project of the Disabilities Network of NYC in association with DCTV, is a monthly showcase of festival quality independent and international short, documentary and feature films with disability themes audiences are unlikely to see elsewhere. disTHIS! movies are always provocative; never quite what you’d expect. No handkerchief necessary, no heroism required. This is disability through a whole new lens. disTHIS! is made possible the generous support of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, members of the Disabilites Network of NYC and our audiences.
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