Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Colloquium to Feature Film and Discussion
Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571
ORONO — What if new advances in technology could–for all intents and purposes–cure deafness? As society grapples with the medical procedures surrounding the cochlear implant, we begin to ask whether deafness is something to be cured, or rather an alternative way of being with its own language and culture. The PBS documentary video, Sound and Fury, portrays two families’ struggles to decide about cochlear implants for their children. This film was a 2001 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature. The San Francisco Chronicle