The Sound and the Silence

⭐ Featured Review

"Wonderful movie! We're watching it in ASL due to the impact Bell had on Deaf culture. It's got some beautiful shots and moments and I love the way that the experiments--which are rather scientific at times--are explained so the viewer does not get lost. As a student of ASL, I find it incredibly interesting how they balance the arguments between oralism and sign language as well as the fact that most of the sign language and fingerspelling, as well as a few speech therapy techniques, are still used today. I was a bit confused on how he learned sign language well enough to teach, espec..."