Sound and Fury

If you could make your deaf child hear would you? Academy Award-nominated SOUND AND 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 five-year-old daughter Heather means a choice between two worlds: an unfamiliar hearing world and the deaf world a robust culture in it's 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. DVD Features: Film out-takes and interviews not seen in film; Filmmaker Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection.

Director: Josh Aronson
Producer: Roger Weisberg
Actor: Chris Artinian
Actor: Mari Artinian
Actor: Peter Artinian
Actor: Nita Artinian
Actor: Jamie Leigh Allen
Actor: Jemma Braham
Actor: Freeda Cat
Actor: Scott Davidson
Actor: Ruthanne Gereghty
Actor: John Griffin
Actor: Barbara Herel