Becoming Helen Keller

DVD 2021

"Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer. Narrated by disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander and featuring rarely seen photographs, film clips and moving perform...

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Deafblind women Biography

Human rights workers United States Biography

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Biographical television programs Biographies Documentary television programs Nonfiction television programs Video recordings for people with visual disabilities Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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American masters American masters (Television program) DVD

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ISBN:

9781531709051

Description:

1 videodisc (90 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

American masters. Becoming Helen Keller

Notes:

"Described video (for the visually impaired) is available as a secondary audio track"--Container
"SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--container
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the television program American masters in 2021
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Narrated by Rebecca Alexander ; traslated by Warren "Wawa" Snipe ; Helen Keller spoken by Cherry Jones ; signed by Alexandria Wailes
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Described video for the blind and visually impaired
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, captions in English, accessible audio track in English, signed in American Sign language

Control Number:

3126798

UPC:

841887040808

Other Authors:

Alexander, Rebecca (Psychotherapist), narrator
American Masters Pictures, production company
Crowley, John S., 1923- screenwriter
Independent Television Service, production company
Jones, Cherry, 1956- voice actor
Murphy, Mary McDonagh, television producer, screenwriter
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher
Pressman, Michael, television director
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster
Snipe, Warren, translator
Straight Ahead Pictures, Inc., production company
Wailes, Alexandria, on-screen participant

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