Sound and Fury & Sound and Fury: Six Years Later Sound and Fury United States, 2000 Running Time: 80 minutes Language: English Captioned: Yes Director: Josh Aronson Sound and Fury: Six Years Later United States, 2006 Running Time: 30 minutes Language: English Captioned: Yes Director: Josh Aronson When: Wednesday, January 9th Time: 6:30 to 10:00 pm.  Screening starts @ 7:00 pm Where: DCTV @ The Firehouse 3rd Floor Screening Room 87 Lafayette St (between Walker & White) Closest subway stops: N/Q/R/W, J/M/Z, or 6 to Canal Street.  DCTV is located two blocks South of Canal Street in NYC. VIEW MAP Cost: Suggested Donation: $5  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.

Previous Screenings

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. As the Artinians debate what is the right choice for the two deaf cousins, Heather, 6, and Peter, 1 1/2, viewers are introduced to one of the most controversial issues affecting the deaf community. Cochlear implants may provide easier 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?

We'll find out in the higly-anticipated sequel Sound and Fury: Six Years Later which updates audiences about the lives of the Artinian's in the years since the first film. Sound and Fury ended with 6-year-old Heather’s parents deciding not to implant her. In this stand-alone follow-up, we learn, somewhat surprisingly, that Heather’s parents have since changed their minds.

Heather received the implant at 9 years old, as did Heather’s 2 younger brothers, her mother, her deaf aunt and her 2 deaf cousins. Will Heather be able to navigate between the hearing world of her school and the signing deaf world of her parents?

Find out on January 9th at disTHIS! and enjoy this rare opportunity to see both film's screened together and discuss the issues raised in both movies 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."

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)
-- Freedom of Expression Award, National Board of Review (2000)
-- Grand Jury Prize, sundance Film Festival (2000)


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