The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983)

Directed by

Sharron Miller

Genre

family, tv movie, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

45 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A foster mother refuses to give up on a blind, cognitively impaired boy with cerebral palsy. Through her stubborn love and care, he survives and is found to have an extraordinary musical talent.

inspiringheartfeltemotionalupliftinggentledeterminedpoignantmoving

What happens

"The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" is a 1983 episode of the American television anthology series ABC Afterschool Special, starring Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh, Leif Green and Rosemary Murphy. Dick Clark was the executive producer under the auspices of his company, Dick Clark Productions. It was produced by Preston Fischer, Sharron Miller, and Joanne Curley-Kerner, and was directed by Sharron Miller and written by Arthur Heinemann. It tells the extraordinary true story of Leslie Lemke, a blind, cognitively impaired boy with cerebral palsy who was raised from infancy by a foster mother who stubbornly refused to let him die. Because of her love and dedication, he not only survived but was discovered to be a musical savant. The New York Times called it one of the most famous of all Afterschool Specials. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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