Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements

Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 29 Min. Rating: Release Year: 2019 Film Info: Screening Format: DCP
Visit Website Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky Producer: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tahria Sheather Cinematographer: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Nick Midwig Editor: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Bill Weber

Sponsored by: Don and Mary Jo Layden Jr., Don and Barbara Layden Sr.

Producer Tahria Sheather in attendance for 10/26 screening!

When filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky’s 11-year-old deaf son, Jonas, receives cochlear implants, his discovery of music leads to Beethoven. Jonas learns Moonlight Sonata on piano, which is inspirational to his deaf grandparents. In weaving these generational stories, the film also brings to life Beethoven’s own struggle with hearing loss, through impressive animated watercolor sequences. This inspirational film composes its own sonata about how we’re connected through art, hardships, and inspiration.

 

"A powerful film about parents and children, though told with enough restraint that its more affecting moments might sneak up on you." - RogerEbert.com

 

"[A]n intimate, often vérité look at how hearing loss affects three generations of a close-knit Portland, Ore., family." - Los Angeles Times

 

"It is a very moving film by veteran documentarian Irene Taylor Brodsky about deafness, music, raising children and your parents getting old." - Wall Street Journal

 

 

Community Partners: Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Bowls, Outreach Services for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind

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