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Looks at what happened to the Artinian Family after their story captured audiences around the world in the original documentary Sound and Fury. That story focuses on the struggle of a family over the surgical placement of a cochlear implant in Heather, their deaf daughter, and their ultimate decision to reject the idea. In this stand-alone follow-up film, Heather at age nine did get the implant as did her Mother and two younger brothers. Now at...

Due to a congenital defect, the village of El-Sayed in the middle of the Negev Desert has the largest percentage of deaf people in the world. The people of El-Sayed do not consider deafness a handicap. They have developed a unique sign language making it the most popular communication method among both the deaf and the hearing. The tranquility of the village is interrupted by Salim,father of three-year old Muhammad, who decides to have his deaf son...