Oscar®-nominated director Irene Taylor Brodsky turns her camera on the challenges of living in an intergenerational world of deafness. Her son Jonas began losing his hearing at an early age and had to undergo cochlear-implant surgery. Now at age 11, Jonas has become interested in music, and with the encouragement of his deaf grandfather, he begins to confront his own limitations by choosing to learn Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata for a school recital. In this deeply intimate portrait of a deaf boy growing up and his deaf grandfather growing old, Brodsky weaves past and present footage of family life with sections of exquisite animation paired with the classic work of Beethoven, who lost his own hearing as he completed his iconic sonata.
An ASL interpreter will be present to interpret both the introduction and post-screening Q&A. Closed caption and descriptive audio devices will be available.
IN PERSON: Director Irene Taylor Brodsky