Sound and Fury | 
 enlarge | Director: Josh Aronson
Actors: Jaime Leigh Allen, Jaime Leigh Allen (ii), Jemma Braham, Freeda Cat, Scott Davidson
Studio: New Video Group
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 23683
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 80
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: NVGD9484D
ISBN: 0767037766
UPC: 767685948439
EAN: 9780767037761
ASIN: B00005RIY3
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: January 2, 2002
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Studio: New Video Group Release Date: 01/02/2002 Run time: 80 minutes Rating: Nr
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You might expect that the cochlear implant, a device that can give deaf people the gift of hearing, would be embraced by the deaf community. Josh Aronson's Sound and Fury, a compelling and often devastating documentary, tells a different story. Two brothers, one deaf and one hearing, grapple with a decision concerning their deaf children, and the debate that rages through the extended family turns less on technology and medical concerns than social politics and culture. The deaf parents of a school-age girl fear what the implant would do to her unique identity, while the hearing parents of a toddler see no question at all. Aronson gives all sides their say, but ultimately the increasingly angry arguments reveal prejudices and fears from both sides and split the once-harmonious family, much like they have split hearing and deaf communities across the country. --Sean Axmaker
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 Sound and Fury November 19, 2008
Excellent educational movie. Great for any one who is studying Audiology or SLP majors. Really dipicts the controversy of people in the deaf communinty and the hearing community.
 Hard to watch, but very powerful October 24, 2008
I had to watch this film for my American Sign Language class. Going in, I thought it would be easy to get through. However, the amount of tension and conflict between the family was hard to watch. People from each side of the argument say thing's that they really shouldn't and they are very offensive. The movie is really great, but it will make you uncomfortable. It also made me realize that despite learning sign, I will never be accepted by the deaf community.
Cochlear Implants, Hearing Parents and Deaf Children September 29, 2008
This is an excellent documentary. Some deaf adults believe that it is wrong for a hearing parent to allow their deaf babies to be surgically implanted with a cochlear implant. This movie is about a deaf-hearing family and what happens when cochlear implants enter into the culture and life of a family.
Hear me out . . . September 2, 2008
This engaging documentary (docudrama comes closer to the right term for it) could be representing its subject fairly, but there are signs of potential bias that should make viewers question it before drawing conclusions about cochlear implants. For one thing, its emphasis is on the drama - the family conflict that erupts over a disagreement about whether a deaf child should be assimilated into the hearing world at the very real risk of being cut off from the deaf community (deaf culture, as its advocates refer to it in the film), including deaf family members. The argument at the center of the debate in the film is whether deafness is in fact a disability or handicap. For a hearing audience, the deeply felt belief among the deaf that it need not be will be an eye-opener. Yet because the arguments for both sides come chiefly from the members of one close-knit family, we don't get a perspective that professionals with some objectivity and wider experience might bring to the subject.
Another factor was the decision to "dub" through voice-overs all the signing by those who are deaf in the film. True, many viewers do not have the patience to read subtitles, but the result is that you don't get the feeling that the deaf in the film are really "speaking for themselves." It begs the question of their being handicapped and subtly undercuts their opinions. Finally, as another reviewer here has pointed out, the film seems too intent on championing implants without fully disclosing the risks, especially among those for whom the procedure has been delayed during a crucial developmental period of language acquisition. Worth seeing for the interesting ethical issues is raises about so-called disabilities.
 Sound and Fury February 5, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
its a good movie to watch to see what kind of drama a cochlear implant impacts on family life ,even if no one in the family is deaf it still impacts the deaf kid in a negative way anyways. good example of what kinds of debates are going on with the deaf community and hearing community
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