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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Hear and Now
2007 1h 25m EN
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6.8
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★6.8TMDB · 4
Documentary
Synopsis
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Irene Taylor
- Countries
- United States of America
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The take
Irene Taylor directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 19 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0912587 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 85 min · 1h 25m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Awards
- Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Irene Taylor
Production companies
Who made it
HBO
US
HBO Documentary Films
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- deaf
- woman director
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2007-01-27
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