Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The miracle worker [videorecording] / a joint venture [of] Katz-Gallin Associates and Half Pint Productions ; produced by Fred Coe ; written by William Gibson ; directed by Paul Aaron.

Publisher, Date:

Los Angeles, CA : Shout Factory, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Helen was a young girl everyone believed was too deaf, dumb and blind to be helped. A child with the inability to speak or comprehend the world around her. She was saved by Annie Sullivan, a persistent and outspoken teacher who came into Helen's life. Together they accomplished the impossible and taught one another the values of patience, tolerance and compassion. They embark on an amazing and triumphant journey that made the name Helen Keller synonymous with the education of the deaf and blind around the world.

Target Audience Note:

General audiences.

Subjects:

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 -- Drama.

Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936 -- Drama.

Deafblind people -- United States -- Drama.

Sign language -- Drama.

Teacher-student relationships -- United States -- Drama.

Biographical films.

Historical films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.