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Land of Silence and Darkness (1973)

Land of Silence and Darkness (1973)

Documentary
Release Date: 1973, October 8
Directors: Werner Herzog
Countries: Germany
Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Referat für Filmgeschichte
Cast: Rolf Illig

Overview:

Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this film shows how the deaf-blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.

Keywords:

deaf acceptance struggle for independence deaf-mute social acceptance observational documentary deafness self acceptance deaf culture deaf and blind deaf couple