Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Hear and Now (2007)

Hear and Now poster
Directed by
Irene Taylor Brodsky
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a deaf couple as they decide to get cochlear implants to hear for the first time. It shows their journey before and after the surgery and the changes it brings to their lives.

intimatehopefulheartfeltobservationalemotionalquietpersonaltender

What happens

Hear and Now is a 2007 documentary film by Irene Taylor Brodsky, winning awards in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival; and garnering a Peabody Award in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?