Film Medical Theme: Surdité

Sound and Fury

Language : English

Year : 2000

Medical Theme : Cochlear implant / Deafness

Actors : Jaime Leigh Allen, Freeda Cat, Jemma Braham

Storyline : The movie deals with the questions raised by the development of Cochlear Implants which can restore hearing for those with congenital deafness. Very few in the hearing world would think this to be a bad thing, but within the deaf community some see this as encroaching technology.

Last Mountain

Language : English

Year : 2005

Medical Theme : Hearing Impaired / Deafness

Actors : Soon-Tek Oh, Lorina Zapata, Daniel Riordan

Storyline : A homeless dying veteran, trying to find a Unicorn he believes lives in the mountains above Los Angeles, convinces a Latina immigrant to join his quest and they are followed by the Border Patrol and her Lowrider Cousins.