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The Miracle Worker
UNITED STATES · 1962

The Miracle Worker

Arthur Penn
disability and communication teacher-student relationship overcoming adversity human connection through touch personal transformation
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Synopsis

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool

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