Hear and Now: An Intriguing Documentary?

The other day, I stumbled onto a preview for an upcoming documentary that was recently screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It won an award. It is about a deaf couple in their sixties. They get cochlear implants together. The interesting part is that they are both fluent in ASL (American Sign Language). As you know, it is still controversial to even speak of cochlear implants in some of the deaf circles. Though I must say that a lot has mellowed out over the years and are more accepting than they used to be. After watching the preview, it seems to be a very intriguing documentary and quite different from "Sound and Fury", a documentary from 2000.

Paul and Sally Taylor, the deaf couple are the focus of the documentary. The story is told by their daughter, Irene Taylor Brodsky, she is a filmmaker. This is Irene's debut as a filmmaker. Her mother, Sally Taylor was also featured in the PBS documentary, "Through Deaf Eyes."

You can find more information on the documentary by going to their official website.

The documentary will be aired on the 8th of May. Unfortunately, I do not have HBO. I don't subscribe to any movie channels in Canada. So chances are it will be on DVD one day. Although I can tell you that it is a documentary that I am looking forward to seeing.

It would be nice if I would be granted the opportunity to be given a look at the movie itself. It's a common practice with a lot of film critics to be granted access to advance screenings. However, I am not a syndicated film critic. This is quite a subtle way of hinting that I would like to review this movie and then share my thoughts with my readers.

I'm not being so subtle now, eh?

It doesn't matter if you support cochlear implants or not, this may be worth checking out. If you were lucky enough to have seen this documentary, please feel free to share your opinion of it.