Thursday’s Children

Name: Thursday’s Children
Released: 1954

Lindsay Anderson

British Kitchen Sink deaf education speech therapy hearing impairment child development special education

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Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and cou

Year1954

CountryIndia

DirectorLindsay Anderson

MovementBritish Kitchen Sink

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